Who collects (reads the mailing list...?) vintage computers

From: liste_at_artware.qc.ca <(liste_at_artware.qc.ca)>
Date: Wed Oct 18 03:15:31 2000

On 15-Oct-2000 Claude wrote:
> Hi
>
> Sometimes I think I may be the only vintage computer collector in
> Quebec, Canada.
>
> I would like to hear if anybody else does any collecting around here
> (Montreal area)
I'm in Sherbrooke (moving to Cookshire soon).

> Those who feel sad for me can send me their Lisa's, TRS model IIIs and
> Next boxes ;->

A friend of mine picked up a NeXT slab at A1 for dirty cheap (considering
A1's general price scale). I got my VT220 from PC Recycl? which is way
north. Also, the ?co-Quartier on the corner of Mason and de Lorimier had
huge piles of used computer gear. Mostly PC stuff but also a few LARGE
GDM monitors. The PCR right near the bus terminus had a TRS80 the last
time I was there. They were also the only people I found that had an
RJ-14 connector.

However, this previous list are places that make a living refurbishing PCs
and Macs and reselling them, so their prices for the stuff I'm interested
in are a tad exagerated. In Sherbrooke, I go to all the thrift stores
about once a month. I've picked up a few interesting bits for next to
nothing. There's also Au Vieux PC, a store run by a gruff chain-smoking
old lady. Shoping there is an adventure. Prices are high (80 CAD for a
C64 monitor??), but she checks and guarantees most if not everything she
sells. I find it's a great place to pick up old games (like Return to
Ringworld and Tommy Then & Now).

-Philip
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