[Lex Computer & Tech Group/LCTG] recycling computers

Mon Feb 20 22:44:07 PST 2023

If you have any computers (or other items) to donate to newly arrived Ukrainian refugees, plse post your offering 9or if you prefer I can post for you) on the Ukrainian refugee website:  
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1031355191148290

Since most refugees do not access the website daily, I usually allow 7-10 days from posting an offer to pick up. Plse let people know that you are giving the computer away for FREE and it is for pick up in Lexington. If you can deliver it to the person asking that will be of enormous help. Most of these refugees do not have cars, and as we all know public transit to Lexington is not exactly convenient.

Thanks for any support you can offer these refugees!
Olga

> On Feb 20, 2023, at 8:56 PM, jjrudy1 at comcast.net wrote:
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> No.  If it can go to a poor person that is great.  Maybe Olga knows a Ukrainian who can use it
> Thanks very much !!
> John
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> From: Barry Kort <barry.kort at gmail.com <mailto:barry.kort at gmail.com>> 
> Sent: Monday, February 20, 2023 8:46 PM
> To: jjrudy1 at comcast.net <mailto:jjrudy1 at comcast.net>
> Cc: Cynthia Pill <docpill123 at aol.com <mailto:docpill123 at aol.com>>
> Subject: Re: [Lex Computer & Tech Group/LCTG] recycling computers
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> Sounds good. I'll just wipe the disk and install a fresh operating system.  If at any time you know of someone who might have need of it, you can always have it back if it hasn't already found a new home.
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> On Mon, Feb 20, 2023 at 8:37 PM <jjrudy1 at comcast.net <mailto:jjrudy1 at comcast.net>> wrote:
>> Barry
>> Thanks.
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>> I’m at Huckins Farm in Bedford.  I’ll pick them up this weekend and drop them off.  As long as the disk is cleaned or destroyed Cynthia will be happy and I won’t drill holes in it
>> John
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>> From: Barry Kort <barry.kort at gmail.com <mailto:barry.kort at gmail.com>> 
>> Sent: Monday, February 20, 2023 8:30 PM
>> To: jjrudy1 at comcast.net <mailto:jjrudy1 at comcast.net>
>> Subject: Re: [Lex Computer & Tech Group/LCTG] recycling computers
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>> I live in Bedford, near the Carleton-Willard Village.  But I'm also a volunteer at the FixIt Shop at the Lexington Community Center, where someone could hand off an item to me.
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>> I'd be happy to accept the two you've described.
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>> My home address is 12 Mitchell Grant Way, Bedford, MA 01730 (in the Bedfordshire Condominiums).  Items can simply be left on my front porch if I'm not home.
>> 
>> Barry
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>> On Mon, Feb 20, 2023 at 5:53 PM <jjrudy1 at comcast.net <mailto:jjrudy1 at comcast.net>> wrote:
>>> Where do you live?  Do you want the two I’ve described?
>>> John
>>> 781-718-8334
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>>> From: LCTG <lctg-bounces+jjrudy1=comcast.net at lists.toku.us <mailto:comcast.net at lists.toku.us>> On Behalf Of Barry Kort
>>> Sent: Monday, February 20, 2023 5:49 PM
>>> To: Drew King (dking65 at kingconsulting.us <mailto:dking65 at kingconsulting.us>) <dking65 at kingconsulting.us <mailto:dking65 at kingconsulting.us>>
>>> Cc: lctg at lists.toku.us <mailto:lctg at lists.toku.us>
>>> Subject: Re: [Lex Computer & Tech Group/LCTG] recycling computers
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>>> I routinely accept old computers that people want to retire.  I wipe the disk and install a suitable operating system (often Linux, but sometimes a suitable version of Windows or Mac OS) to give the machine a new life.  
>>> 
>>> Barry 
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>>> On Mon, Feb 20, 2023 at 5:06 PM Drew King (dking65 at kingconsulting.us <mailto:dking65 at kingconsulting.us>) <dking65 at kingconsulting.us <mailto:dking65 at kingconsulting.us>> wrote:
>>>> My group here mostly takes in computers capable of running Windows 10.
>>>> 
>>>> If the computer was previously running window 7 It should be capable of running a Linux distribution with current updates.
>>>> 
>>>> Also, keep in mind that Google has a free OS called Chrome OS flex.
>>>> 
>>>> A simple Google Chrome operating system might be simpler for somebody than running a free Linux.
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>>>> I think we took a donation recently this past month of close to 100 computers that will be reconditioned and distributed to the needy.
>>>> 
>>>> All of the computers get a clean install of Windows 10 and Microsoft office too!
>>>> 
>>>> We have some sort of nonprofit arrangement with Microsoft.  I don't know exactly what it is but I do know that our refurbishing group puts office on all of their computers they hand out.
>>>> 
>>>> -- 
>>>> Drew King
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>>>> On February 20, 2023 4:35:22 PM EST, Ken Pogran <pogran at alum.mit.edu <mailto:pogran at alum.mit.edu>> wrote:
>>>>> One issue to contend with in donating old computers for reuse is that once a computer is old enough, it is no longer supported by newer versions of its operating system. Of course, you could still run it with its old OS, but then...
>>>>> It probably won't be able to take security updates, potentially leaving it (and its users) vulnerable to hacking and other security flaws of the old OS, long since fixed in newer versions.
>>>>> It may not be able to run a web browser new enough to include capabilities contemporary web sites assume are there, causing some web pages not to display properly, or some ecommerce things not to work.
>>>>> Some years back, my dad was using a hand-me-down computer, and his bank's "on-line banking" web site began telling him that, after a certain date, he wouldn't be able to access it with his current browser.  The browser was packaged with the OS, and the computer couldn't run a newer version of the OS, so in order to continue to use on-line banking, we had to get him a new(er) computer capable of running a supported OS and browser.
>>>>> At a senior center, especially, I'd worry that users might be flustered by web pages not loading properly, or by compatibility warnings from ecommerce sites. There's some point at which the most appropriate destination for an old computer is an electronics recycling facility.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Ken Pogran
>>>>> 
>>>>> OLGA P GUTTAG wrote on 2/20/23 3:12 PM:
>>>>> 
>>>>>> There are multiple organization that bring old computers back to life and donate them to entities that have need for computing but at a very low complexity (senior centers for email correspondence, …).  
>>>>>>  
>>>>>> Rather than frying your computers or destroying the disks plse consider taking the effort of wiping the disc clean and donating your old computer to one of these up-cycling groups. I bet there are many very poor people in our rural areas and in the rest of the world who would be happy to get your discarded computer.
>>>>>>  
>>>>>> Stay well,
>>>>>> Olga
>>>>>  
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