9 Nov
1999
9 Nov
'99
1:15 p.m.
Hi! I've been collecting older equipment for a few years now, but i've only
recently found out about this list. It looks like a great resource, and I
was thinking it'd probably be a good place to ask the question:
"Does anybody know of anywhere in southwest Michigan where one can find
older surplus minicomputer and workstation equipment?"
I've been able to aquire a fair amount of interesting stuff from the local
university, but it's been slow going and parts are hard to get. I've seen
postings to lists numerous times about people giving machines away in
places like Texas and the East Coast, but never anything in this general
area.. i'm guessing there isnt quite as much of a glut of equipment in
the area, but maybe i'm just not looking in the right places!
I'd really appreciate any bones anybody could throw me :)
Thanks,
-Netdiablo (root(a)diablonet.net)
9 Nov
9 Nov
3:43 p.m.
At 03:15 AM 11/10/99 +0000, Mr. Diablo wrote:
"Does anybody know of anywhere in southwest
Michigan where one can find
older surplus minicomputer and workstation equipment?"
What kind of equipment are you looking for? How much room do you have? What
are your interests and what are you trying to achieve?
If you just want to find "older equipment" then your best bet is to look in
the Yellow Pages under "Scrap Metal", that will give you some places to
check out. Then if there are any "business to business" type Yellow Pages
outfits get a copy and look under recycling, computers, scrap, and hauling
to find advertisements from people trying to entice businesses to sell them
their old computers as scrap. Then look in the classified section of a
newspaper that has a reasonably large circulation, or a newspaper from the
nearest city of more than 1 million people, and check out the "Public
Notices" of sale and auctions for businesses that are being liquidated. Go
to the auction and see if you can find some contacts there.
After a short while, rent a warehouse because if you start seriously asking
for stuff it _will_ start arriving and you will be inundated!
--Chuck
10 Nov
10 Nov
9:49 a.m.
Very true a warehouse is a must if you are into the larger equipment. Try
find something or some line of computers you like the best and stay within
that otherwise you will be like some of us that very large collections of
everything and nothing complete. Good luck. John
----- Original Message -----
From: Chuck McManis <cmcmanis(a)mcmanis.com>
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
<classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, November 09, 1999 11:43 PM
Subject: Re: Looking for old equipment -- please help!
At 03:15 AM 11/10/99 +0000, Mr. Diablo wrote:
What
"Does anybody know of anywhere in southwest
Michigan where one can find
older surplus minicomputer and workstation equipment?"
What kind of equipment are you looking for? How much room do you have? are your interests and what are you trying to
achieve?
If you just want to find "older equipment" then your best bet is to look
in
the Yellow Pages under "Scrap Metal", that
will give you some places to
check out. Then if there are any "business to business" type Yellow Pages
outfits get a copy and look under recycling, computers, scrap, and hauling
to find advertisements from people trying to entice businesses to sell
them
their old computers as scrap. Then look in the
classified section of a
newspaper that has a reasonably large circulation, or a newspaper from the
nearest city of more than 1 million people, and check out the "Public
Notices" of sale and auctions for businesses that are being liquidated. Go
to the auction and see if you can find some contacts there.
After a short while, rent a warehouse because if you start seriously
asking
for stuff it _will_ start arriving and you will be
inundated!
--Chuck
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