> say, was this from inventory (stuff they
> sell), or something they once-uon-a-time used?
They are an HP dealer and it came from inventory.
They have stacks of HP1000's.
I checked them out since they're close enough to where I live.
http://www.internetcsi.com/dino.htm :
"Fix my HP dinosaur!
Being in business for well over three decades, we've
accumulated a lot of stuff. It's the kind of stuff needed
to keep the old HP 1000 and HP 3000 series ...
Why would someone continue to run these old
dinosaurs? ..."
pretty classy site
John A.