71.   Please tell me what I can do with old computers, parts and printers.

72.   Q. If I buy a computer with the new Windows XP operating system already installed, will there be an easy way to move files from my old computer?

73.   Sellers can drop off their unusable old computers and monitors at Rockaway Recycling in Rockaway, N.J., which cannibalizes half a million pounds of computer equipment a month.

74.   Some are on a crusade, contending that the old computers should be preserved for posterity.

75.   Some owners are active users of the old computers, and some participate in international programming competitions.

76.   That means updating old computer systems using the Internet as the centerpiece.

77.   That means your files are potentially safer sitting on the old computer instead of the new one.

78.   That old computer in your basement?

79.   That way you do some good with the old computer.

80.   TECHNOBUDDY -- A lot of us are struggling with the decision of whether to upgrade an old computer.