My local Goodwill

From: Sellam Ismail <foo_at_siconic.com>
Date: Thu Aug 9 22:44:22 2001

On Thu, 9 Aug 2001, Arthur E. Clark wrote:

> Well, I checked out my local Goodwill stores. What a waste. When I
> asked about old Apples, the computer supervisor said "we refuse
> those." When I asked about Sun and DEC, they looked at me like I was
> speaking an alien language. A few extremely overpriced 486 & Pentium
> 75 systems, that's it.

I don't think in all my days of going to Goodwill I have ever seen
anything Sun or DEC there. I do believe those types of items are diverted
to depots where they conduct auctions.

> Other than the huge box of old cards that I sorted through. Nothing
> of note except for a whole slew of 3Com and IBM brand Token ring cards
> (all say "4/16") and one Kingston KTC-9160 eight slot memory expansion
> board. If anyone wants any of these email me.

Goodwills and Salvation Army's are really only good for old (and cheap)
computer books.

Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival
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