On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 2:03 PM, Teo Zenios <teoz at neo.rr.com> wrote:
----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Davidson" <mdavidson1963 at
gmail.com>
To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts"
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Sent: Friday, May 14, 2010 4:58 PM
Subject: Don't know if anyone cares, but...
After that, I was at Weird
Stuff Warehouse and they were asking $100 just for the monochrome
monitor! ?But, while there, I did pick up some software bargains: ?A
sealed copy of CA-CommonView (C++ GUI Library) for OS/2 for $3 and a
copy of SCO Unixware 7 (appears complete) for $5. ?I love Weird Stuff!
Feel free to ignore this if it's too off-topic for the list. :)
Mark
The software sounds nice (thrift store like pricing), do they have a large
selection there?
What they have varies greatly... it depends on when you go. Let me
think... while I was there I saw (among many other boxes) a complete
copy of dBase IV, a boxed set with Tornado OS 1.0 (I believe that's
for Real-time work, but I'm sure someone will correct me if I'm
wrong), a boxed copy of Paradox 3.5, Delphi Client/Server 3, SCO
OpenServer, several boxes of Intersolv PVCS, Adobe Type Library
boxes... oh, the list could go on for a while. One thing that I like
is that several of the boxes (including one I bought) had NO price, so
they asked me to pick what I wanted to pay. I figured $5 was a good
price for copy of SCO UnixWare 7.1. :)
Some of the items (like the CA-CommonView box) had been sitting there
for a while, so I think that's why it was $3. It was still in the
original (as far as I could tell) plastic wrap. I opened it up after
I bought it and sure enough, everything inside was still sealed...
manuals, diskette holder, everything. The guy at the cash register
said he shudders when he thinks about the original cost of some of the
items they sell. Now I just need to find a copy of IBM C Set/2 and
I'll be happier.
To be more specific, they have 6 or 8 cases, each with 4 or 5 shelves,
filled with software boxes. I can take and post some pictures next
time I go.
Mark