Woman Drops Off Old Apple Computer Worth $200,000 at Silicon Valley Recycling Center

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I'm really surprised the recycling center knew it was something special and saved it, maybe some of them do keep an eye out for the vintage stuff.

They do. A lot of the smaller centers dismantle the machines in-house so that is where a lot of the real gems are found and they typically have at least one person who knows their machines. The larger operations generally don't inspect their intake as material separation generally occurs after it is shredded.

This bloody story is EVERYWHERE. Every forum I frequent is talking about it. Almost every news outlet has talked about it and I have even talked to about it several times at work. If that lady still does not come forward to claim her money at this point she's the biggest disconnect I've ever heard of.