On Tue, 11 Dec 2001, Jeffrey S. Sharp wrote:
> On Tue, 11 Dec 2001, Tothwolf wrote:
> > On Tue, 11 Dec 2001, Jeffrey S. Sharp wrote:
> > > On Mon, 10 Dec 2001, Tothwolf wrote:
> > >
> > > > University of Texas surplus auctions were a good place to find old
> > > > gear up till Texas passed a bill regarding the sale of used computer
> > > > equipment from government agencies. Now they send all the old computer
> > > > gear to the prison system.
> > >
> > > Hm. I got a *bunch* of classiccmp stuff from an University of Texas
> > > auction earlier this spring. Maybe the prisons did not want the stuff.
> >
> > Which auction?
>
> The auction company was Swico Auctions (http://www.swicoauctions.com/),
> and the location was the "J. J. Pickle Research Campus" in Austin. They
> look to have just put a similar auction up on their site, slated for
> 01/23/2002.
Heres the info on the bill I mentioned:
Bill: SB 1105
Legislative Session: 76(R)
Enrolled 06/18/1999 E Effective on 9/1/99
Relating to repair and resale of certain data processing equipment.
http://tlo2.tlc.state.tx.us/cgi-bin/db2www/tlo/billhist/billhist.d2w/report?LEG=76&SESS=R&CHAMBER=S&BILLTYPE=B&BILLSUFFIX=01105
-Toth
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