even if kids tore it down for parts to build  ANYTHING would be better than
scrapping it!

Thanks Ed Sharpe archivist for SMECC

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Wayne R. Boyer" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2003 6:53 PM
Subject: Re: [HP3000-L] *********Re: [HP3000-L] HP Recycling


> In a message dated 3/12/03 7:16:37 PM Pacific Standard Time,
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> writes:
>
>
> > Ed, when it comes to some of HPs older stuff (that you can't easily box)
you
> > have to have at a minimum a pickup truck - now I intend to rent a truck
> > with
> > a liftgate - nevertheless I will make a couple of queries to our
community
> > colleges - one of them Sierra College - has had HP equipment donated to
> > them
> > by HP Roseville. Still I think you could expend a lot of energy
following
> > this route just getting a lot of frustration - but I will make a few
calls.
> >
>
> Bill's 2566A is HPIB.  That's a show stopper for the rest of the world.
> However it is worth mentioning that any 256x printer can easily be
converted
> to either RS-232 serial or to parallel simply by swapping out the
interface
> board and then entering a few settings on the control panel.  To me, it's
a
> terrible waste of good equipment like this to have it ground up for scrap
> metal.  Hopefully if more non-HP people know that they can attach such a
> printer to a PC, etc. then more people could put these printers to work
again
> in a new environment.
>
> I hope Bill's big printer finds a new home and a new usefull role in life!
> Wayne Boyer
>
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