120MB Mini Data Cartridges...

I.find myself in possesion of 8 x 120MB 3M DC 2120 Mini Data Cartridges
(93.7m of tape), still shrink-wrapped and wondered if they were of any use
to anyone here. I don't want anything for them (expect postage) if /you/ can
use them I spied them on the shelf of a local charity op-shop and only paid
$2 for all of them.

If they are of no use to anyone here I'll put them on Trademe. Frankly I
don't know if they are worth anything or of any use. <shrug> It's not
something that I'm au fait with, I just know that the only time I *did* have
anything to do with tape drive data cartridges that they were rather
expensive, hence the impulse buy. Heck, they're worth $2 to me for the
included labels. <g>

 

A museum might be interested.

 

I don't like to see working stuff thrown out Peter and I know that there are
a few folks here who run older hardware, especially when it comes to server
hardware. Just doing my bit to try to keep them out of a landfill and
perhaps help out a collector or like-minded 'preserver'.

<shrug> That said they'll probably end up in the wheelie bin, as did my
'still in the original box' Amiga 500 that I offered here a few times. I
don't think I'll bother with a Trademe listing, I didn't buy them to make a
profit, just as an attempt to perhaps connect someone in need with what is
likely a very rare commodity. I thought of this group mainly as I've seen
discussions of older gear / media here and I doubt there'd be many places
you could get these things still shrink-wrapped.

As I said, worst case scenario is I get some handy-sized labels for my $2
and the IHC got a little revenue from their op-shop.

 

Agreed in a way. However it is unlikely that any apt hardware would
now be anything but a museum piece.

Mind you, some of the electric trains running in Wellington are museum
pieces - they were given to Ferrymead, then brought back to Wellington
to meet increasing passenger numbers.

 

But back to the tapes. I think misfit did an important service. Saw that he
could be the connection between opshop, not the group, and someone who might
need the said articles.

Keeping stuff out of the landfill

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/chchfreecycle/

Okay this is for Christchurch, New Zealand but no doubt there is one near
you.

The group has many, many "trades" , or Takens. What is one persons junks is
anothers need.

Scavanging, digital? Maybe but it is working.

Reuse is above recycling in the waste family.

 

Thanks for that, it seems that we share some basic beliefs.

By following links from the ChCh site I found that what appears to be the
closest to me (Pukekohe) is a Manurewa group. I might give them a shot.