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Wow, it's been a long time since I've done one of these posts! I was
tempted to just re-use one of the older posts, but then Zaghadka would (rightfully) accuse me of necroposting again, and I couldn't deal with
that shame a second time in a single week. ;-)

Anyway, these threads are all about me scavenging old hardware just to
add it to my collection, something I haven't been very dutiful at
doing recently for several reasons:

a) there's been nothing good showing up (in at least one case,
I know the building changed their trashing policy because of
me and other scavengers, even though we weren't doing anything
illegal). Also, all the GOOD spots I knew about are quite a
distance away from me now ;-)

b) I've got a fairly good selection of hardware already,
especially with regards to what I was mostly in 'the market'
for (namely: monitors and TVs).

c) I haven't really been looking. What can I say, life's been
getting in the way and keeping me from playing around with old
found hardware.

But when I saw this beauty on my daily perambulation, I just HAD to
grab it. It's an Asus VG278HR 27" monitor. No, it's not the GREATEST
of monitors and, sure it's only regular HD (1920x1080 @ 60Hz), but
it's 27" and even though it dates back to 2013, it was in near-perfect condition. How could I /not/ grab it?

It's currently undergoing 'stress testing' (e.g., I'm plugging it in
and letting it run overnight ;-) but if it passes (which I fully
expect it will), it will bump one of my 24" monitors from my desk.

[There was also a Samsung 50" TV there too. I was sorely
tempted to grab that as well, except my hands were full
already. Also, I don't have need (or room) for it. I'll
leave it for some other lucky skip-diver.]

I dunno. Maybe this find signifies a whole new era of hardware
follies. Last time I found a fairly modern gaming PC, complete and
working. Maybe I'll get that lucky again!


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Maybe it's harder because people are keeping their old hardwares due to
higher prices of newer hardwares like RAM, drives, etc.?


Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:

Wow, it's been a long time since I've done one of these posts! I was
tempted to just re-use one of the older posts, but then Zaghadka would (rightfully) accuse me of necroposting again, and I couldn't deal with
that shame a second time in a single week. ;-)

Anyway, these threads are all about me scavenging old hardware just to
add it to my collection, something I haven't been very dutiful at
doing recently for several reasons:

a) there's been nothing good showing up (in at least one case,
I know the building changed their trashing policy because of
me and other scavengers, even though we weren't doing anything
illegal). Also, all the GOOD spots I knew about are quite a
distance away from me now ;-)

b) I've got a fairly good selection of hardware already,
especially with regards to what I was mostly in 'the market'
for (namely: monitors and TVs).

c) I haven't really been looking. What can I say, life's been
getting in the way and keeping me from playing around with old
found hardware.

But when I saw this beauty on my daily perambulation, I just HAD to
grab it. It's an Asus VG278HR 27" monitor. No, it's not the GREATEST
of monitors and, sure it's only regular HD (1920x1080 @ 60Hz), but
it's 27" and even though it dates back to 2013, it was in near-perfect condition. How could I /not/ grab it?

It's currently undergoing 'stress testing' (e.g., I'm plugging it in
and letting it run overnight ;-) but if it passes (which I fully
expect it will), it will bump one of my 24" monitors from my desk.

[There was also a Samsung 50" TV there too. I was sorely
tempted to grab that as well, except my hands were full
already. Also, I don't have need (or room) for it. I'll
leave it for some other lucky skip-diver.]

I dunno. Maybe this find signifies a whole new era of hardware
follies. Last time I found a fairly modern gaming PC, complete and
working. Maybe I'll get that lucky again!

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On Fri, 20 Feb 2026 23:39:57 -0000 (UTC), ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) said
this thing:

Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:

Wow, it's been a long time since I've done one of these posts!

Maybe it's harder because people are keeping their old hardwares due to >higher prices of newer hardwares like RAM, drives, etc.?

Maybe. I think it may be more of a case of my just not looking, as
well as other changes.

Certainly there are reports that people are holding onto their
electronics longer, but this is often said to be as much because what
they have is still 'good enough', and that new gear (be it computer,
TV or phone) just isn't exciting enough for them to upgrade. I'm sure
to some degree the economy is affecting this --especially in the USA--
and certainly the increased cost of certain components don't help...
but for a lot of things, you just don't need new gear. The bling value
of having the latest XBox or iPhone just isn't quite as important
these days, anymore than having the most modern refrigerator.

And in gaming, well, even a five or ten year computer can run most
modern games (albeit with different levels of performance). Compare
this to 2000, when a ten year old PC or console was incredibly
outdated. So if people are upgrading, they doing it more out of
necessity (e.g., dropped laptop and smashed it to bits, time for a new
one!) rather than just to remaining cutting edge.

I'd also like to believe (without any proof, to be sure) that more
people are aware of e-waste facilities and are properly disposing of
their electronics rather than just dumping it all in the trash stream.

But as likely, the stuff is all still out there, if only I take the
effort to look for it. But my walking route no longer takes me to the
same spots I used to visit, and life has gotten busier anyway, so I
don't have quite the same amount of time for these sorts of rambling
hikes anyway (much less the time required to haul, clean,
troubleshoot, incorporate, index and boast about any finds ;-).

But should occassion allow me to discover more goodies, I'll grab 'em
as I can. 'Cause as any long-time PC gamer will tell you, playing with
the hardware is almost as fun as the games themselves!




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