[73554] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: OT: Novel uses for old hardware?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Joe Abley)
Sat Aug 28 18:48:43 2004
In-Reply-To: <BNEJJGFPFOAPBMHHEDILCEDDAAAB.john@ferriby.com>
Cc: "NANOG" <NANOG@merit.edu>
From: Joe Abley <jabley@isc.org>
Date: Sat, 28 Aug 2004 15:46:42 -0700
To: "John Ferriby" <john@ferriby.com>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
On 28 Aug 2004, at 14:38, John Ferriby wrote:
> Is anyone aware of lists or sites dedicated to novel
> uses for old hardware?
>
> I'm trying to figure out what to do with some old working
> gear that is valued practically as scrap. e.g. old lucent/ascend
> max 4002 units. Me thinks they are 6 year old antiques.
Your six-year-old antiques might be perfectly fine production gear for
operators in other parts of the world. I would be trying to find a way
to ship them cheaply to South Asia or Africa (or finding some other
organisation that already works in those regions who would know how to
distribute it).
Joe