The Paxton auction: the aftermath

From: Joe <rigdonj_at_intellistar.net>
Date: Sun Apr 18 09:18:54 1999

Jim,

  Was it an auction or a sale? I see a lot of stuff with prices on it.
The prices I see are cheap. Not at all like Paxton's prices!

  I see lots of stuff in your pictures that wasn't there when I visited him
last year.

   Joe


At 11:17 PM 4/17/99 -0700, you wrote:
>For those who have never witnessed the diversity and chaos that has been
>Paxton's warehouse, pictures taken today during the auction are available at:
>
>http://www.computergarage.org/Garage/Paxton/P0??.JPG (where ?? = 06 thru 42)
>
>The last few are shots of the collective bootie that the local gang took out.
>(and yes, its as chaotic as it looks in the pictures!)
>I'll probably arrange it into a more normal web page in the next few days.
>
>For my part, I managed to nab a pair of HP 1000F minicomputers (CPU
>cabinets only), a Tek 4006 terminal, a DEC TU-81+ tape drive and RA-81 hard
>drive, a Freiden computerized postage scale, a case of toner kits for DEC
>LN-03/Scriptwriter printers, a Tektronix Type 230 'Digital Unit', an
>HP-9000 computer, a DEC MINC-11, and some other assorted goodies.
>
>20 points extra if you can tell us why the unit in this picture:
>
>http://www.computergarage.org/Garage/Paxton/P049.JPG
>
>had enough significance to rank fairly high on my 'nab' list...
>
>More to come...
>-jim
>
>
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