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[bob91343]

Perhaps disassembly is the best approach. I do that, rather than try to find someone to take an obsolescent unit. I take out everything that I could conceivably use, put the pieces in my junk box, throw out the obviously worthless parts.

I have used many a part from my junk box. Things like solder-in fuses, mounting hardware for transistors, capacitors, diodes, fusible resistors, and so on. I even save degaussing coils because there is a bunch of enameled copper wire in them.