Computer graveyard - Revision history

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New page: The '''computer graveyard''' is a recycling area used by CUIT to dispose of broken and/or old computers, monitors, printers, and various other computer components. An electroni...

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The '''computer graveyard''' is a [[recycling]] area used by [[CUIT]] to dispose of broken and/or old computers, monitors, [[printers]], and various other computer components. An electronics recycling service comes regularly to clear it out.

== Location ==

The graveyard can be found below the [[Marcellus Hartley Dodge Physical Fitness Center|Dodge Fitness Center]] and can be found by continuing downward on the stairway connecting Dodge to campus level. 20 feet to the right of the base of the stairs will be a small fenced area with a heap of computer paraphernalia.

== Taking Stuff ==

Anyone's allowed to grab whatever they want, since the items are being thrown away. Useful if you want to grab a few crappy computers and build a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_cluster cluster].

== What's Good ==

*Monitors - said to be usually broken
*Motherboards - said to be often functional, just old
*CPUs - said to be often functional, just old
*Other stuff - ???

== Spookiness ==

There have been many sightings of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OS/360 IBM OS/360], which according to legend wanders the graveyard during the night, looking for souls to which it can add complicated and unnecessary features.

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 == Location ==
-The graveyard can be found below the [[Marcellus Hartley Dodge Physical Fitness Center|Dodge Fitness Center]] and can be found by continuing downward on the stairway connecting Dodge to campus level. Continue through [[The Grove|the Grove]] tunnel towards Amsterdam and the computer parts are located in large cardboard bins on the right, just past the old power plant entrance.
+The graveyard can be found below the [[Marcellus Hartley Dodge Physical Fitness Center|Dodge Fitness Center]] and can be found by continuing downward on the stairway connecting Dodge to campus level. Continue through [[The Grove|the Grove]] tunnel towards [[Amsterdam Avenue]] and the computer parts are located in large cardboard bins on the right, just past the old power plant entrance.
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 *CPUs - said to be often functional, just old
 *RAM - very functional, but often old
-*Hard Drives - also very functional, usually SATA, usally ~60GB
+*Hard Drives - also very functional, usually SATA, usually ~60GB
 *Other stuff - ???

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 The '''computer graveyard''' is a [[recycling]] area used by [[CUIT]] to dispose of broken and/or old computers, monitors, [[printers]], and various other computer components. An electronics recycling service comes regularly to clear it out.
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 There is also a copy of the E.T. video game for Atari somewhere in there. Probably.
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