You can't really blame the woman, something so old doesn't shout "Hey I'm worth hundreds of thousands!" to most people. But I am glad people at the depot recognized its value and didn't actually recycle it.
You can blame her. I can't count the reports of such cases, where they throw away valuable things, just because they're not all chrome and shiny.
I compute! I am recycled! I compute again!
You are witnessed!
What? 99% of electronics from the 80s and 90s are utterly worthless. As far as the odds go, she was entirely correct to throw the thing out.
I have so many old computers/electronics. I can guarantee I couldn't pay someone (other than garbage collection) to take them, let alone make money off them.