13 Nov
1998
13 Nov
'98
2:15 a.m.
From: Doug Yowza[SMTP:yowza@yowza.com]
Subject: Re: FREE DG Nova Stuff
Doh! Hopefully you at least educated them to spread the word
about where to go with such dumpster gems like that next time?
Once upon a time - while a field droid for NCR we used to maintain
stuff based on their '605' mini-computer and had one in the shop
to copy tapes and test boards (One of my grocery stores still used
one with do-nut core memory in mid '85). Suddenly we got a new
manager, suddenly the 605 was unceremoniously tossed into the
dumpster. Any one of 5 or 7 techs would have gladly taken it
home to their garage but nooooo, it was given an indecent burial
in the name of 'fairness'.
sniff-sniff
Chuck
cswiger(a)widomaker.com
I was scanning
the web during lunch, and I came across a most
interesting entry. Check this out...
http://www.hopco.com/surplus/s_free.htm
I tried to move quickly given that collectible-computer dealers are known
to lurk and strike based on these tips. Alas:
<<
Unfortunately, you're a couple months late :( I've got to find time to
update that list and remove that stuff. This represented 20+years of