Finding Vintage Computers - A Primer

From: Vintage Computer GAWD! <foo_at_siconic.com>
Date: Mon May 15 15:43:20 2000

On Mon, 15 May 2000, Tom Owad wrote:

> >Let Them Come to You
> >
> >One way to find vintage computers is to let them find you.
> >Try placing an ad in the classifieds section of your local
> >paper. Be sure to specify exactly what you are looking for
> >to avoid getting a flood of false leads. In the very least,
> >include a cut-off year indicating you are not interested in
> >any computers manufactured after that year.
>
> Anybody try this? What kind of response did you get?

Not a newspaper ad, but posting a Usenet ad was quite possibly the best
thing I could've ever done. I posted several ads in the local for sale
newsgroups periodically over the course of several months and turned up
all sorts of good stuff.
Received on Mon May 15 2000 - 15:43:20 BST