Interesting finds, may be more....

Hi Gang, (I'm pretty sure that the system's discribed below are 10 yrs old) About a week ago I was out in Silicon Valley on business. I used to live out there so whenever I go out I try and hit all the surplus stores. At one place (name follows), I found a couple of interesting items. They had two models of old Panasonic computer. One was a Panasonic (senior?) Executive. This looked like a laptop on steroids. It was way too big for me to get back with me unless I was willing to trade space with some other stuff that I already had. They wanted $30 for it. It might still be there. The other item of interested was a (actually they had 2 on the shelf) beautiful Panasonic senior partner portable. This gem was cherry. It had never been used. For those of you not familiar with it, it has a built in thermal printer. It's about the size of one of the old compaq portables but the case has much smoother lines. It has a leather handle on one end that allows you to carry it in a vertical orientation, similar to the suitcases that the airline stewardess' use. The one I got still had the flimsy plastic protective cover on the leather handle. I also got a pristine roll of thermal paper still in plastic wrap, original manuals and diskettes. I wouldn't be metioning all of this except that as I was purchasing this prize (20 bucks by the way) and trying to find out if there was an original box available, the clerk told me that they about 30 of these still in their original boxes in the warehouse. They had just picked up the whole lot somewhere. So the chances are that they might still have a bunch if anyone is interested. I don't know if they will ship, but you can ask. If they don't then at least the list members who live in the bay area can check them out. If anyone is interested here's the info: Excess Solutions 430 E. Brokaw Road San Jose, CA 95112 (408) 573-7045 For the local guys, this place is located right on Brokaw about a block from the street that Fry's is on (towards 101) and on the same side of Brokaw as Fry's. Good luck. Jon