Pathetic Nostalgia for Old Chips

On 07/10/2006, at 4:51 AM, Clyde Kahrl wrote:

> I have piles of old SIMMS (and old motherboards) and I can't figure
> out what to do with them. You can make earrings out of SIMMS, but
> there are just too many. The funny thing is, that a lot of this
> stuff still works, but (now that sawtooths are about $150 on eBay)
> there are not many things I can think of for this stuff to do. What
> can I do with old SIMMS?
>
> -----2d topic:
>
> I have a couple of DIMMs from my daughter's and my laptop. Her
> computer did not recognize hers. My computer acted funny for a
> while until I replace the RAM and now hasn't crashed in almost a
> year. Is there anything you can do with new RAM that you are a
> little unsure about?

You could always offer it on a local Freecycle(TM) group. To find
the group nearest you go to www.freecycle.org

This is an online free recycling/gifting movement designed to keep
tangible items out of landfill....a lot of computer parts get tossed
out and there are many people who use an old part :-)

Cheers
Lisa

On 10/7/06, Clyde Kahrl <ckahrlclydekahrlesq.com> wrote:
> What can I do with old SIMMS?

Make earrings out of them. :-)

Rob

On Oct 10, 2006, at 1:07 AM, Rob Russell wrote:

> On 10/7/06, Clyde Kahrl <ckahrlclydekahrlesq.com> wrote:
>> What can I do with old SIMMS?
>
> Make earrings out of them. :-)

Bed of nails.

   --John