Disposing of an old computer securely

[Brian Cluff]

Most hard drives are fairly easy to take apart and they all have these
REALLY great magnets in them.  I have a bunch of them on my fridge.  They
are great for securly hold just about anything to a metal surface.   I have
one holding a towel for drying my hands.  And another hold up a full sized
calendar.

Whatever you do with them, I'm better the hard drive will be reativly
unreadable :)

Brian Cluff

----- Original Message -----

> I finally upgraded my linux box at home (it was a 486, with an old style
keyboard, 2 ~600MB HD, 1 1x CDROM).  I think it
> was about time.
>
> Anyway,  what is the best way to "wipe the drives" and where should I
dispose of the machine?
>
> Suggestions?