30 May
2002
30 May
'02
3:24 p.m.
No this is for real several stores here use to take large computer items
for resale but not any more. The main Goodwill store once had a IBM
system 36 and no one including me took even after the price went down to
a dollar. I had micro's on the brain and nothing else.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Sellam Ismail" <foo(a)siconic.com>
To: <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Thursday, May 30, 2002 12:58 PM
Subject: Re: IBM 026 Printing Card Punch
For
On Wed, 29 May 2002, John R. Keys Jr. wrote:
> Yes I remember just 6 years ago that all the thrifts here had the
029
> keypunch machines for sale from $1 to $20. Now I
can't find one to
save
my life.
You're kidding, right? You used to find keypunches in thrift stores? $1-$20? And you didn't buy any?
Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer
Festival
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