I'm having a bit of a clear out of my office, because we are going to be redecorating it this weekend (or starting the job at least).

I find myself struggling with the same problem I always have when doing this task, what to do with all my old computer hardware.

At the moment I have a box with things to throw out in. It has:

- a 486 DX4 100 Tosh laptop (8Mb RAM, 250Mb HD)
- a CH Flight Stick Pro, with a broken vertical centering spring (I had forgotten how solid the build quality on these were compared to the current crap in the shops)
- a RS232 Microsoft Mouse
- assorted PCMCIA modem and Ethernet cards that I can't find the pigtails for
- modem adapters for half a dozen European countries
- 4 IDE hard disks (ranging from 105Mb to 4Gb)
- 2 128Mb SODIMMS

There were a few other bits and pieces in there that I have already reconsidered and taken out. I know that by the time I get to throw this lot out I will have decided that for most of it "I might need it some time"...

Am I the only muppet who is hoarding useless computer junk ?

Right, time to get back to it, before Eryl realises I am slacking and have stopped clearing