Finding Vintage Computers - A Primer

From: Joe <rigdonj_at_intellistar.net>
Date: Thu May 18 15:27:31 2000

At 01:11 PM 5/18/00 EDT, you wrote:
>In a message dated 5/18/2000 8:15:03 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
>foo_at_siconic.com writes:
>
>>
>> What kind of truck is this? It sounds like a classic computer cornucopia.
>> Did this truck get into some accident on the way to the computer store or
>> something?
>>

    I missed the posting above. No, it was being used for temporary
storage. I think the stuff was going to be hauled to a dump somewhere.


>Trucks, Trailers and outbuildings are always around scrapyards. They often
>get filled with "low value" scrap items "junk" that the yard owner doesn't
>want to deal with when they come in, like terminals and printers. Some times
>those piles sit for years.

   Yeap, that's where you find the "good" stuff. But the owners usually
think that it's junk.

>
>Investigate all Shipping Containers. Sometimes they are used for storage,
but
>most of the time they are being filled with outgoing scrap on it's way to
>China. If you can be there with your screwdrivers when it is being loaded
>sometimes you can find neat stuff. You don't want to get in the way of the
>loading operation, but if you have developed a relationship with the
scrapper
>you can often cull as it is being loaded.
>
>Adopt your local scrapper. Offer twice the scrap value or more, don't get in
>the way and you will be, more than likely, welcome.
>
>Paxton
>
>PS. Most of the scrap going into containers brings 5 to 10 cents per pound
to
>the dealer loading it.
>

   One of the locals gets 13 cents/pound from the Chinese. I usually pay
him 30 cents/pound. That may be high but he's starting to look for stuff
especially for me.

    Joe
Received on Thu May 18 2000 - 15:27:31 BST