Old 386 and 486 pc's

From: Russ Blakeman <rhblake_at_bigfoot.com>
Date: Sat Nov 21 00:06:22 1998

I just shipped a 640k Compaq SLT/286 with a 42mb IDE HDD and floppy for $76 plus
an additional $20 for a 4mb add-in SIMM (expensive and odd SIMM usually) to
Arizona, and the buyer was more than pleased with it since he named the price by
bidding that high on it (eBay, where else). He even went for priority shipping
which brought the total in the area of $115.......no problems and he loves it. He
is presently uiing it for the wordprocessor in Windows 3.11 to write manuscripts
I believe.

SUPRDAVE_at_aol.com wrote:

> harrumph; typical clueless non-computer type that thinks any old computer is
> worth plenty. there's a guy at an established flea market that tries to get
> the same price out of old machines. i bought a northgate 386/20 from a guy at
> work and even got the great northgate keyboard too for only $20!
> heh, you oughta go back to the guy and ask him if he'd be willing to buy
> comparable 386 and 486 models for half his asking price. i could find some
> pretty cheap machines and make profit off him!
>
> In a message dated 11/21/98 8:25:08 PM US Eastern Standard Time,
> transit_at_primenet.com writes:
>
> > They had a no-name 386 clone, complete with color monitor, in working
> > condition for $175, and a 486, no monitor, unknown condition (most likely
> > working though) for $250.
> >
> > Seemed very high to me, as I've picked up working 8080 PC's and XT's for
> > under $20. . .
> >
> > (They did also have an old Mac 128, but I didn't inquire about it, as
> > those are not exactly rare either)
> >
Received on Sat Nov 21 1998 - 00:06:22 GMT