Austin Goodwill has some good stuff!

From: David Williams <dlw_at_trailingedge.com>
Date: Wed Aug 4 17:00:10 1999

On 4 Aug 99, at 14:45, Arfon Gryffydd wrote:
> That picture is of their "museum shelves". They won't sell that stuff to
> people (I've tried!).

You and me both.

> For good stuff, you have to watch. They REGULARLY throw away nice old
> 8-bit machines, drives, monitors, printers and etc. which they won't sell
> to the public. They KILL ME! I know several of the guys and I tell them
> that I'll take all TRS-80 stuff off their hands and other old 8-bit
> machines but, they won't save it and I end up doing dumpster diving to get

Hmm, I might have to start dumpster diving there. I bought a TRS-
80 Model 1 monitor from them once but forget what I paid. Also
saw a very dirty model 1 sitting there which I passed on.

They're not the only place to throw out the older 8-bits. I found a
new (at least to me) place and went in to talk with the owner. I told
him I pick up old computers and he said, "like 286s?" I said no
older than that. To which he asked did I mean like Commodore
128s? I said yes and even older. He said he chunks those and
any old books as soon as he gets them. Anything older than a
386 or 486 goes straight to the trash. I tried to tell him there was a
growing interest in them but he didn't seem to be interested in
dealing with them. Oh well, another dumpster to keep an eye on.


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David Williams - Computer Packrat
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http://www.trailingedge.com
Received on Wed Aug 04 1999 - 17:00:10 BST

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