So recycle your computer....

[Myrrdin]

"American space agency, Nasa, has begun trawling the internet for spare parts for its shuttles, according to United Space Alliance, the company that runs the shuttle fleet.

Nasa is hunting internet sale and auction sites like Yahoo and e-Bay for shuttle parts that are so antiquated, they would be unrecognisable to the average computer user today.

The agency is particularly short of a type of Intel computer chip known as the 8086.

A chip similar to this was used to power the first personal computers made by IBM in 1981 - the same year as the first shuttle launch"

http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_1985000/1985138.stm

Your country needs you.
So sort out the attic. Don't bin that old PC. Watch it being launched towards the stars.

Just one suggestion though, wipe the hard drive first.
Don't want to give those extra terrestrials the wrong idea about us.

 

[bored1]

Incredible! You would think that as computer technology has progressed NASA would have updated its on board systems.

 

[lobito]

I wonder how much the chip is worth?
I think I still have my first 8086 chipped computer up in the attic.