# Thrift store computing

Thrift store computing is my less-radical more-practical take on [Permacomputing](https://permacomputing.net/). It acknowledges that in current society **computers are actually plentiful** not some scarce resource. This will (probably) be also true in post-collapse situation.

## principles

- use devices that you already have
- use existing software

## challenges

- old devices are in unknown state, you need some skills to diagnose them
- you often need to reinstall computers before using it

## off the grid computing

Some old computers works just fine, but they are not usable because they are not compatible anymore with modern tech. It's good idea to treat them like they were off the grid photovoltaics system.