At 22:57 12-06-98 +0000, "Lawrence Walker" <lwalker_at_mail.interlog.com> wrote:
>>
-- snip the somewhat unimportant stuff --
> It is especially galling to us in low-availability areas when you guys post
>about acquiring them by the pallet. : ^ {{
>
>ciao larry
>lwalker_at_interlog.com
>
Really galling! I live in NY. But the area is _Western_ NY -specifically
in a county considered to be one of the most agricultural/rural in the
state (more so than Ithaca area, Allison).
Yes, when I hear of folks here who go to the thrift stores and haul home a
carload or two for very reasonable prices or when a PDP 11/something system
complete w/disk packs, documents, etc. is available for hauling away, etc.,
etc. I have a hollow, lonesome feeling :-( .
The (only) local thrift is only 150 meters from my house. Their prices are
way high as compared to what some of the discussions here provide a picture
of. For example, last week I checked and saw a no-name monochrome monitor
priced at $40.00, a PS/2 color monitor at $25.00, and four pieces together:
a beat-up looking Apple III (missing a key in lower-left, missing case
screws, dirty, no power supply pack), Okidata 80 col. printer of some type
and two shoeboxes of loose and dusty 5.25" floppy disks of PC software all
for $40.00. They don't come down in price too much but someone is apparenly
buying this stuff. Sheesh! However, I am not into Apple, Commodore, Atari
and other of what I call 'Truly Home Computers' which usually turn up there.
"Sure ", you say, "just rent a truck or something to go fetch that S/370
system!" Well, I likely would if it was within say, 100-200 miles or so and
virtually free for the taking. But all joking aside, that doesn't happen
that much around here (besides, if W. Donzelli even sniffs a nearby-to-me
370's availability he'd probably be there in ten minutes or less <grin> )
I will rely on you folks to post interesting things available for sale
--but then shipping for a heavy object can kill a deal. Yes, please let all
of us on the list have first crack at something before putting it onto Ebay
or whatever.
On rare occasions I have gotten good items for my collection such as my DG
Nova 1200, HP 250/30, IBM 9370 and PC's and parts which were all
decommisioned from the company I work for. Thankfully, they know I'm a
collector/historian/old-stuff-nut. But we don't have much else intersting
left except for a few old PC's which I already have a garage-full (well,
almost. It's over half a garage-full.)
With that said, I must "collect" and learn old computer hardware and s/w
vicariously through most of you. So please make sure you continue to have
interesting and thoughtful (and OT :-) ) discussions on the old classics
which I may never have a chance to even see.
Thanks for listening.
--Chris
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Christian Fandt, Electronic/Electrical Historian
Jamestown, NY USA
Member of Antique Wireless Association
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Received on Mon Jun 15 1998 - 16:55:26 BST