Wipe 'em, reload 'em with OS and donate them to the local Thrift Store, be sure to get the paperwork from the store for the IRS deduction.

If you don't want to deal with the Wipe and Reload, remove the hard drive and donate in exactly the same fashion.

Goodwill stores around these parts seem to have people able to refurbish old computer systems as well. Then they resell them with Linux OS installed, at very affordable prices.

The old ones like the Atari will likely end up on the shelf for sale as-is and the aficionados of such "rare collectibles" always seem able to find them.

And even if it is a total basket case, these places have already implemented "proper" ecological disposal methods, so no harm nor foul either case.

And you will have the knowledge that you may have helped out someone less fortunate...


--Mac

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