17 Jun
1997
17 Jun
'97
4:16 p.m.
On Tue, 17 Jun 1997, Mr. Self Destruct wrote:
Well I don't know about you, but I've NEVER
found much anything of
interest around me as far as old computers go. I don't know ANYONE else
that has either a commodore 64, Atari, Apple, TI, etc. I had to drive
almost 2 hours just to get a CP/M machine!!!!! The most exciting thing
that I have seen in MONTHS is an old CoCo (that looks like it's hooked up
to an old radio) in my new girlfriends basement! (Haven't weasled it out
of her dad yet...) If I even see a generic XT I consider myself lucky!
It sounds more like you don't know where to look since I can't imagine a
city the size of Philly not having quite a bit of stuff around. If people
know that you collect old computers, after a while you will have people
you don't even know coming up and telling you that a friend of theirs told
them to get in touch with you. Doesn't happen in a weekend, but after a
year or so (assuming you are serious about collecting), it will happen.
There are a LOT of sources of old computers still around. I ended up with
a number of the chicklet keyboard Pets (and turned down a dozen or so)
that came from the local university. I end up with at least a dozen
computers each year from people I don't know that heard about me and just
want their computer to have a good home.
Sources include Thrift stores, Salvation Army outlet, Goodwill Industry
outlets, rummage sales (especially at schools), garage sales, flea
markets, Hamfests and swapfests, and advertising as Sam did.