21 May
2002
21 May
'02
8:09 a.m.
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(a)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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