computer sales -- now only on e-bay???

From: Richard Erlacher <edick_at_idcomm.com>
Date: Mon May 20 18:37:35 2002

Really? The close-in junkyards in the Denver area seem to get rid of their
stuff, but I've heard about a really big junkyard, purportedly bigger than the
nearby town where its owner gets his mail, that's the place where the
thousands of DEC machines went in the late '80's when they became
uninteresting to their owners. You'd think I'd have paid it a visit by now,
but I really have never wanted DEC stuff. Besides, they have rattlesnakes out
there ... which is why there aren't many rats.

Perhaps they should sell tickest ... so folks from the local farm communities
could come out and watch the racks rust.

Dick

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ben Franchuk" <bfranchuk_at_jetnet.ab.ca>
To: <cctalk_at_classiccmp.org>
Sent: Monday, May 20, 2002 3:37 PM
Subject: Re: computer sales -- now only on e-bay???


> Richard Erlacher wrote:
> >
> > Well ... people who REALLY want to see an old-time (REAL) machine can
always
> > go to a local junk yard and see the rusting hulks in the yard. They hang
> > around a long time because it's so unprofitable to disassemble the racks,
> > since there are mixes of plastics, aluminum, and steel, which means
labor's
> > required to make 'em useful. They're not terribly exciting to watch,
since
> > they don't show much evidence of the stuff going on inside.
> >
> > Dick
>
> Hey, I live in a small town -- that sounds more exciting than most days
> --
> Lets all watch things rust in the dump. :)
> Out here any old stuff is crushed under a mound of landfill.
>
>
> --
> Ben Franchuk - Dawn * 12/24 bit cpu *
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>
>
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