Surplus sightings

Things I have seen recently in local (SoCal) surplus joints: Gaylord full of 5+ year old northern Telecomm cards with a Meridian 1 and various other bits. Pallets of stuff from MTI (sorry I don't know more, but its some DEC I think storage maker). Lots of full length metal chassis that fit in the larger roll around racks, and a couple of those racks (about 4 feet tall). Quite a few new in the static bag old cards, MTI, emulex, many little cards that seem to attach to the rear of drives to go in above chassis. Hunting in this mess is totally impractical (sealed static bags etc.), but if sufficient interest exists maybe I can get him to hold it for more snooping time later. Hints on what I should look for welcomed. Compaq Plus, suitcase with the keyboard on the bottom. ST19171FC drives, both new and used (looks too expensive to me $150+). Long cables with the HD68 connectors or maybe 68 pin (someday I will learn to id cables). One looks like a miniture centronics with the tab in the middle, and other is HD68 I think with closely spaced pins. Cable is FAT like half an inch and maybe 25+ feet long.