9 Feb
2000
9 Feb
'00
6:27 p.m.
Hello, ladies and gents out there
I have found good stuff in the dollar bin at Computer Renaissance:
2 working monitors for my Amiga and a Tandberg 525meg tape backup
Price: $1.00 per
And I don't get dirty or smelly in the process.
And I also recommend going to hamfests -- amateur radio fleamarkets. Quite
a few guys get this stuff and try to peddle it for a couple bucks. My
favorite line is -- How badly do you want to take this boatanchor home??
At one hamfest I found 19 used DSDD 3.5" drives for $30. These are the
standard Amiga drive, but useless anywhere else.
Get snooping out there -- the used market is drying up fast due to the low
low cost of new stuff.
Gary Hildebrand
Amigaphile
WA7KKP
scrounger 1st Class
9 Feb
9 Feb
2:21 p.m.
Gary Hildebrand wrote:
Hello, ladies and gents out there
I have found good stuff in the dollar bin at Computer Renaissance:
2 working monitors for my Amiga and a Tandberg 525meg tape backup
Price: $1.00 per
Where on earth are you? The best non-PC/non-Mac stuff I've seen at the
Computer Renaissance in Beaverton, Oregon is some DEC DB25/MMJ adapters
(which filled a *MUCH* needed hole in my collection). Actually they're the
only non-PC/non-Mac stuff I've seen. I've asked the people about that and
they recommend people take all older PC/Mac stuff, and all non-PC/non-Mac
stuff to the Goodwill a couple blocks away.
Zane
8:48 p.m.
Where on earth are you? The best non-PC/non-Mac stuff
I've seen at the
Computer Renaissance in Beaverton, Oregon is some DEC DB25/MMJ adapters
I didn't find anything I liked at the San Diego Computer Renaissance store,
but I do know one thing, they are a MAJOR wholesale buyer of used monitors.
14 Feb
14 Feb
8:59 a.m.
New subject: Hamfests, Amiga Drives (was: Re: dumpster diving and other sources , of goodies
On Thu, 10 Feb 2000, Gary Hildebrand wrote:
Hello, ladies and gents out there
I have found good stuff in the dollar bin at Computer Renaissance:
Where is "Computer Renaissance"? (I'm guessing it's some sort of store.
..
)
And I also recommend going to hamfests -- amateur
radio fleamarkets. Quite
a few guys get this stuff and try to peddle it for a couple bucks. My
favorite line is -- How badly do you want to take this boatanchor home??
I often go to the TRW hamfest in Redondo Beach, CA.
(http://linex-w6trw.sp.trw.com/w6trw/swapmeet/swap.htm). Generally lots of
good stuff, although it's been quiet on the 8-bit front as of late (lots
of old Mac and PC stuff, though). And there's always the same old guys
selling the same old radio for the same old price, month after month. . .
At one hamfest I found 19 used DSDD 3.5" drives for $30. These are the
standard Amiga drive, but useless anywhere else.
Was that $30 for the *lot*? Geez, I've seen these drives go for $30
*each*. . .
13 Feb
13 Feb
2:02 p.m.
New subject: Hamfests, Amiga Drives (was: Re: dumpster diving and other sources , of goodies
"Charles P. Hobbs" wrote:
I often go to the TRW hamfest in Redondo Beach, CA.
(http://linex-w6trw.sp.trw.com/w6trw/swapmeet/swap.htm). Generally lots of
good stuff, although it's been quiet on the 8-bit front as of late (lots
of old Mac and PC stuff, though). And there's always the same old guys
selling the same old radio for the same old price, month after month. . .
Okay, why is it you haven't stopped by to say Hi :)??? John has two spots
reserved, IIRC G22 and G24, and we are always looking to meet members of the
list. We even head over to Coco's for lunch afterward to swap lies. There
has almost always been a lot of interesting stuff there and my goal is to
sell as much as I buy :). Stop by and say Hi!!!
Just to remind everyone, it is the last Saturday of each month at the corner
(essentially) of Aviation and Marine officially starting about 7:30 but
actually starting about 6:00 AM in the sellers parking lot.
14 Feb
14 Feb
9:50 a.m.
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10:04 p.m.
New subject: Western Digital WD 1002S-SHD card ???
Hi,
I visited a surplus dealer today and picked up an external hard drive
case that he was throwing out. The case has a Seagate 225 drive in it with
some kind of Western Digital interface card. The card has MFM connection on
one end and a 50 pin header on the other. The header is connected to a
cable that had a SCSI type plug on it. Does anyone know if the card is a
SCSI to MFM interface or what?
Joe
15 Feb
15 Feb
2:11 a.m.
New subject: Western Digital WD 1002S-SHD card ???
Hi,
I visited a surplus dealer today and picked up an external hard drive
case that he was throwing out. The case has a Seagate 225 drive in it with
some kind of Western Digital interface card. The card has MFM connection on
one end and a 50 pin header on the other. The header is connected to a
cable that had a SCSI type plug on it. Does anyone know if the card is a
SCSI to MFM interface or what?
Joe
Sounds like one.
Omti, Emulex and WD made them for a while.
Bill
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