That sounds like fun, but I'm guessing that Sellam has
already picked over most of the Bay Area by now! :)
Of course, I do travel from time to time. . .
I still like eBay, though. At least when I win.
Erik
On Tue, 21 May 2002 11:25:28 -0700 (PDT)
Sellam Ismail <foo_at_siconic.com> wrote:
> On Tue, 21 May 2002, Lawrence Walker wrote:
>
> > While this is true in urban centers, it certainly
> isn't for those of us
> > that live in the boonies. I did acquire an Itellevision
> with an Adam
> > tho. A local junk warehouse also has a bunch of HP
> stuff stuck away on
> > the 3rd floor gathering dust that I have to catalogue
> for the list,
> > since I know ziltch about HPs.
>
> The most important thing to finding old computers is to
> look in places
> that you hadn't considered before. Think to yourself,
> "Who around here
> would have had a need for computers 10 or 20 or 30 years
> ago?" Then find
> places that fit the "who" and start investigating.
>
> The key is to GET OUT THERE AND LOOK! I walked many,
> many, many miles to
> amass my collection. Unless you like eBay, and even if
> you do, you won't
> find the really cool stuff sitting behind your CRT.
>
> And you'll have much more fun and much better stories to
> tell in the end.
>
> Sellam Ismail
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