4 Aug
1999
4 Aug
'99
5 p.m.
On 4 Aug 99, at 14:45, Arfon Gryffydd wrote:
That picture is of their "museum shelves".
They won't sell that stuff to
people (I've tried!).
You and me both.
For good stuff, you have to watch. They REGULARLY
throw away nice old
8-bit machines, drives, monitors, printers and etc. which they won't sell
to the public. They KILL ME! I know several of the guys and I tell them
that I'll take all TRS-80 stuff off their hands and other old 8-bit
machines but, they won't save it and I end up doing dumpster diving to get
Hmm, I might have to start dumpster diving there. I bought a TRS-
80 Model 1 monitor from them once but forget what I paid. Also
saw a very dirty model 1 sitting there which I passed on.
They're not the only place to throw out the older 8-bits. I found a
new (at least to me) place and went in to talk with the owner. I told
him I pick up old computers and he said, "like 286s?" I said no
older than that. To which he asked did I mean like Commodore
128s? I said yes and even older. He said he chunks those and
any old books as soon as he gets them. Anything older than a
386 or 486 goes straight to the trash. I tried to tell him there was a
growing interest in them but he didn't seem to be interested in
dealing with them. Oh well, another dumpster to keep an eye on.
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