Looking for old equipment -- please help!

From: John R. Keys Jr. <jrkeys_at_concentric.net>
Date: Wed Nov 10 17:49:49 1999

Very true a warehouse is a must if you are into the larger equipment. Try
find something or some line of computers you like the best and stay within
that otherwise you will be like some of us that very large collections of
everything and nothing complete. Good luck. John
----- Original Message -----
From: Chuck McManis <cmcmanis_at_mcmanis.com>
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
<classiccmp_at_u.washington.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, November 09, 1999 11:43 PM
Subject: Re: Looking for old equipment -- please help!


> At 03:15 AM 11/10/99 +0000, Mr. Diablo wrote:
> >"Does anybody know of anywhere in southwest Michigan where one can find
> >older surplus minicomputer and workstation equipment?"
>
> What kind of equipment are you looking for? How much room do you have?
What
> are your interests and what are you trying to achieve?
>
> If you just want to find "older equipment" then your best bet is to look
in
> the Yellow Pages under "Scrap Metal", that will give you some places to
> check out. Then if there are any "business to business" type Yellow Pages
> outfits get a copy and look under recycling, computers, scrap, and hauling
> to find advertisements from people trying to entice businesses to sell
them
> their old computers as scrap. Then look in the classified section of a
> newspaper that has a reasonably large circulation, or a newspaper from the
> nearest city of more than 1 million people, and check out the "Public
> Notices" of sale and auctions for businesses that are being liquidated. Go
> to the auction and see if you can find some contacts there.
>
> After a short while, rent a warehouse because if you start seriously
asking
> for stuff it _will_ start arriving and you will be inundated!
>
> --Chuck
>
>
>
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