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Frick

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I have a feeling there is a thread for dumpster finds, but if not, here is one! Not just computer parts, but tech in general.

I think there's another tinkerer living in my apartment area (there's an electronics bin in the trash room), right now there are a gutted robot mower there, a really busted up POS system, a bunch of CAT5e... And of interest to me an IP67 Meanwell 42V PSU, and of interest to this thread a working IBM Model M2.

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(BTW, this is probably a grey area, dumpster diving in general is illegal in sweden at least once the trash is at recycling centers/garbage dumps, but this stuff hasn't left the residential area yet so I think it's ok, and it definitely should be ok)
 
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Seeing that keyboard brings back so many memories of playing games on a windows 95 machine. It's a nice find though if it still is working
 
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Pulled from a electric waste collection in our neighbourhood.
 

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I gave my buddy a kb just like that a few months ago. He is actually connecting to the internet with a PIII 1.3, an ATi GPU and I think he said he is running 2000. Its pretty much 2002 hardware. I offered him my X58 system for it but he said no. Its got an Asus mobo.. but he might have said Abit.. dam music and beer.
 

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Not a good pic, but soldering irons, both working, and one of them a Weller. It's not as good as the old red Weller 15's, but they're OK. The other one is a store brand thing, which is serviceble but not great. Not pictured is a whole bunch of 1 meter CAT5E cables, some of which have already come in handy around the router and an old NAS I'm trying to fix.
 
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Seeing that keyboard brings back so many memories of playing games on a windows 95 machine. It's a nice find though if it still is working
O man, great memories.
 

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Ooooh, I think this is how @Mussels finds half of his awesome tech! He should definitely be here. @Frick it’s amazing that someone would throw away perfectly good Cat 5e!
 

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"Found " sat on top of my communal Recycle Bin
so i Recycled it
Charged them via usb port and tested them both via cable and wireless RESULT WORKING wireless headphones :)
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