Vintage Machines in Gaspe (Montreal, Quebec?)

From: Claude.W <claudew_at_videotron.ca>
Date: Wed Jun 13 21:20:34 2001

Well not a lot around Montreal....

I get most of my machines now through trades and through friends and
contacts that I have built with time...

There used to be A-1 computers in Montreal. Piles of stuff but very weird to
deal with.

This building was about 20 000sq feet of a unheated building with craters in
the parking lot....piles of old computers and monitors and weird stuff and I
was once showed another huge 30 X maybe 200 pile in the back. The things
were not stacked but thrown in piles! The prices were ridiculous...I showed
the owner a Sun IPX and asked "how much for this?" and he said "$100"...he
had tons and there was still a tag on the box showing he had paid $2 for
it.......last time I was there he said he was moving and going to "internet
only sales" and would not be opened to the public anymore...good cause
seemed a lot of people were unhappy with whatever they purchased from
there...if the prices would of been more "realistic" this could of been a
place to find stuff but the prices were just stupid...everytime I passed by
there he was in a argument with a client either on the phone on right
there...

I have yet to find that "gold mine warehouse" where piles of obsolete and
semi-obsolete non IBM PC computers would be piled and I could hunt through
for hours and grab what I would want for $1/10 pounds....maybe, one day...

I have tried to go "public" as much as possible with my hobby and have
gotten quite a few machines through people that just hear about me and get
in touch with me through email...

Claude

----- Original Message -----
From: Mike Kenzie <KenzieM_at_sympatico.ca>
To: <classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org>
Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2001 5:23 PM
Subject: Vintage Machines in Gaspe?


> I'm heading out on vacation through Montreal to Gaspe and
> possibly returning through Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont and
> New York.
>
> Are there any interesting stops for vintage machines along
> the way. I think someone once mentioned an SGI machine that
> was taking up space. Still looking for a monitor and cable
> to complete a VAXstation.
>
>
Received on Wed Jun 13 2001 - 21:20:34 BST