good source of obscure IBM parts?

From: Mike Ford <mikeford_at_netwiz.net>
Date: Sun May 16 01:31:56 1999

>As the new owner of an abandoned IBM product (Thinkpad Power Series 850,
>1995, not on topic, though highly advanced at the time and now abandoned)
>I was wondering if anybody had any favourite IBM remarketers they turned
>to when in need of IBM unobtanium, or were chummy with any warehouse
>managers...
>
>I'm willing to throw money at this one, it's too close to being Really
>Cool to not. (:
>
>For those unfamiliar with the Thinkpad Power Series line, they are IBM's
>brief foray into the RS/6000 laptop market. The 850 sports a 100 MHz PPC
>603e (not speedy) and a surprising array of multimedia capabilities
>(including NTSC video I/O), and runs AIX up to 4.1.5, or 4.2.something if
>one feels lucky.

One sold at the way overpriced otherwise auction I was at Friday (CalComp
in Anaheim CA) for about $125, so I wonder about rareness or really
coolness. Anyway what exactly are you looking for?

My two favorite tricks with IBM are, do a variety of searches (hotbot,
yahoo, lyco, et al and dejanews) on the part number and its FRU, and check
the places that advertise in Processor (a newspaper looking ad sheet for
old hardware).
Received on Sun May 16 1999 - 01:31:56 BST