CLEAN computers Re: Grid 1520

I got an IBM AT this summer that was as pristine a machine as I've ever seen. It looked like it had just come out of the original packaging. In fact, that was the only thing absent to make this a perfect score. There wasn't a single blemish or even a spot of dust on the case or monitor. The insides were as clean as a whistle and the original battery and, even harder to believe, the original CMI hard drive were still installed and working. It even had the IBM drive protect card in the disk drive and the original IBM keys dangling from the lock. Of course it came with all of the original manuals and software. I received an Apple /// and an Apple //e in similar but slightly more used shape earlier in the summer and a couple of PowerBooks in their original boxes last month, so I guess it has been a good year! Erik Klein www.vintage-computer.com www.vintage-computer.com/vcforum The Vintage Computer Forum -----Original Message----- From: cctalk-bounces(a)classiccmp.org [mailto:cctalk-bounces@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Joe R. Sent: Sunday, December 12, 2004 10:10 AM To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts Subject: CLEAN computers Re: Grid 1520 At 12:39 PM 12/12/04 -0500, you wrote: I was offered a complete HP-150 system last year but had to go get it. It turns out that is was in the Florida Regional Crime Lab. I went and picked it up and it was THE cleanest computer that I've ever seen. It looked like it had just come out of the factory and was spotless inside and out. Not even any stickers on it. It turns out that it had spent it's life inside a lab hooked to a gas chromatograph or some such were NO contamination could be tolerated. It was real shame to bring it home and stuff it into the outbuilding with all the other computers. Anybody else run into situations like this? Joe