November 5, 2013: Weekly box of goodies

I decided to start posting a weekly box of goodies that have come in to The Working Centre's Computer Recycling Project. Please contact one of our volunteers if you're interested in any of these items.

BC-45B charger

Fujifilm Battery Charger BC-45B (asking $5.00) -
charges the battery in a large number of Fujifilm Finepix cameras. There is a Kijiji listing showing some of the camera batteries apparently supported by this charger here: http://montreal.kijiji.ca/c-acheter-et-vendre-equipement-electronique-Genuine-Fuji-Fujifilm-Battery-NP-45A-Charger-BC-45B-Original-W0QQAdIdZ533914747

Back of charger has: Model No: BC-45B U, Input: 100-240V~
50-60Hz 0.15A, Output: DC 4.2V 0.55A

Unit is in good condition.

SG-IC032 charger

Digital Video Battery Compact Travel Charger SG-IC032 (asking $5.00) - charges the battery for a number of Canon Poweshot S-series cameras. The battery it charges can be viewed here: http://www.maplin.co.uk/replacement-canon-nb1l-camera-battery-218272

The back of the charger has: Model No: SG-IC032, Input AC 100V-240V, 50/60Hz, DC 12V (car adapter), Output: DC 8.4V+-0.05V, 600mA+-50mA.

Unit is in good condition

PC Fighter Gamepad/Joystick

PC Fighter Game pad (asking $5.00) with game pad / joystick port.

Features six buttons and rocker button.

Item is clean and in good condition.

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Canon BJ-30 Bubble Jet Printer

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Update: Linux Laptops, desktop computers.

Much has changed since the last post was originally posted here. The biggest change is the Computer Recycling project has started selling AS-IS Linux Laptops. All laptops go through several stages (not necessarily in this order): Evaluation Testing Wiping Linux Installation Cataloguing/Processing All laptops are sold AS-IS with no warranty. This brings up the obvious question "why even test/wipe systems?" if you're just going to sell them AS-IS. The answer is a combination of things: We rely completely on donations, Computer Recycling doesn't buy equipment through vendors or anywhere else (we simply don't have the budget to do this). Much of the equipment is difficult to get parts for. Laptops tend to be very proprietary - two laptops with the exact same model number may have a different keyboard connector depending on the date and factory they were manufactured in (we've actually seen this when we tried replacing a particular laptop keyboard). ...

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