23 Aug
2000
23 Aug
'00
7:08 a.m.
Perhaps the pricing is set at the ARC stores, independent of the
others. One or two in Denver seem to have caught on that these computers
are worth something to someone. I saw a stripped down Apple IIgs (no
monitor, disk drive, etc) with a $49.99 price tag last week; this was the
same store that used to sell "loaded" IIgs, IIe and IIc systems for less
than $10. The Mac SE next to it was tagged at $75.00.
At 05:28 PM 8/22/00 -0600, you wrote:
ARC is a charitable organization in Colorado that
operates a number of
thrift stores. It's the Association of Retarded Citizens or some such.
I've had really GOOD luck prospecting there.
I once got a Trantor model 348 parallel to SCSI adapter there for $1.50.
I've gotten plenty of handy gadgets there, some for computing, some for
other purposes. I got a set of speakers I now use in my bedroom there. I
got a number of quite useful monitors, printers, and other useful items
there. A typical PC/AT is priced at $9.95 without keyboard and monitor. A
typical PC/AT Keyboard costs $5, and a typical VGA monitor costs $10.
The last time I saw a Microvax (complete with terminal and graphics
workstation monitor) it was $20. I got the monitor for free when I helped
the guy carry the uVax out to the dumpster.
They were also kind enough to take ten daisywheel printers and a dozen or so
terminals off my hands when my friend who was storing them for me sold his
storage building. I later learned that a month after not selling even one
of these, they tossed the lot. I believe that's their practice. After a
month, it goes into the dumpster.
Dick
----- Original Message -----
From: Eros, Anthony <Anthony.Eros(a)compaq.com>
To: <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Tuesday, August 22, 2000 1:47 PM
Subject: RE: A reason to hit ARC, etc.
> Betraying my ignorance, but what's an ARC?
>
> -- Tony
>
> > ----------
> > From: Will Jennings[SMTP:xds_sigma7@hotmail.com]
> > Reply To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org
> > Sent: Tuesday, August 22, 2000 2:46 PM
> > To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org
> > Subject: A reason to hit ARC, etc.
> >
> > At one ARC in Colorado Springs (prices in dollars in parenthesis):
> > VAXstation 2000 (6)
> > the TOPS-10 and TOPS-20 front end programs for the '11 in the system (3)
> > An HP-150 (which I am kicking myself for not buying even though it was a
> > year ago! 6)
> >
> > Will J
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