Disposing of an old computer securely

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Message: 7
Date: Tue, 22 May 2001 14:30:08 -0700
From: Stephen Smith <ischis2@home.com>
To: Phoenix Linux User Group - Discussions
 <plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us>
Subject: Disposing of an old computer securely
Reply-To: plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us

>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?
>
>sps

dispose?  Why would you?  Sounds like a nice Intranet/Samba/MySql/Mail/.....
Server/Tester.  What about a Firewall?

I have a couple of old 486 machines that I am going to add to my network for
the fun of it......

Keith Smith
(not the football player)