Disposing of an old computer securely

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?