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Depending on your amount of free bandwidth, there are some interesting distributed computing projects that you might be able to contribute to. SETI@Home is the largest, and probably most popular, but there are all sorts of initiatives in Biology, Mathematics, Physics and other fields. Here's a great listing from Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_distributed_computing_projects Wouldn't work on a TRS-80 or something of that age of course, but if you have "newer-older" machines (old Macs/Intels), could be a fun pursuit :) - Patrick On Mar 17, 2009, at 1:45 PM, Joe Atzberger wrote: > Check for a local branch of freegeek for rehabilitation and > environmental > disposal: > > http://www.freegeek.org/ > > Columbus has one, so South Bend might too. > > --Joe > > On Tue, Mar 17, 2009 at 1:28 PM, Jim Tuttle <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > >> Eric Lease Morgan wrote: >>> How do y'all suggest I put to good use the increasing number of >>> extra >>> computers I have lying around my house? >>> >>> You would think I was starting a computer museum with the number of >>> decommissioned computers I have at home. A few Macintoshes and a >>> couple >> of >>> Intel-based machines. (Not to mention the TI-99A, or whatever.) I >>> don't >>> really need backup. I don't really need a Web server. Maybe I >>> could use >>> these computers as some sort of CPU Farm to do some sort of >>> interesting >>> computing. >>> >>> Any suggestions? >>> >> >> >> One possibility would be to find somewhere to donate them. Many >> cities >> have non-profits that recycle computers to low-income families and >> provide training. >> >> Jim >> >> -- >> *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* >> Jim Tuttle >> http://braggtown.com >> >> >> --- Patrick K. Étienne Systems Analyst Digital Library Development Library and Information Center Georgia Institute of Technology email: [log in to unmask] phone: 404.385.8121