17 Feb
2002
17 Feb
'02
7:40 a.m.
Yesterday at Goodwill I found a PowerServer 350 and 370; a PowerStation
340 for $12.99 each. Have not tested them yet but all were full of
memory and not stripped of parts that I could tell. They also had a TI
99 color monitor but it needed some work for $6.99. There were also
about 10 external SCSI tape units with no names on them, so I just
purchased one at $9.99.
17 Feb
17 Feb
8:29 a.m.
----- Original Message -----
From: "John R. Keys Jr." <jrkeys(a)concentric.net>
To: <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Sunday, February 17, 2002 01:40 PM
Subject: Some nice IBM finds
Yesterday at Goodwill I found a PowerServer 350 and
370; a PowerStation
340 for $12.99 each. Have not tested them yet but all were full of
memory and not stripped of parts that I could tell. They also had a TI
99 color monitor but it needed some work for $6.99. There were also
about 10 external SCSI tape units with no names on them, so I just
purchased one at $9.99.
Wah! The yahoos at the local Goodwills are such a$$holes, I routinely find
old XT-class computers, marked $29 on the CPU, again on the monitor, and as
often as not on the keyboard as well. And I don't mean one price for all--
I've asked. I can only recall two good deals on computers there. One was a
Apple IIgs w/ a transwarp for ~$80, and the other was a DECLaser 1152 with
<2k page count for $5. I got the DECLaser, not the Apple. Anyone have the
memory upgrade for a 1152?
ja ne
Bob
8:56 a.m.
The local GoodWill here does that too. Sometimes you can get a deal,
other times not. Usually they'll break it up after while, as customers
tend to scatter the stuff around.
Chad Fernandez
Michigan, USA
Robert Schaefer wrote:
Wah! The yahoos at the local Goodwills are such
a$$holes, I routinely find
old XT-class computers, marked $29 on the CPU, again on the monitor, and as
often as not on the keyboard as well. And I don't mean one price for all--
I've asked. I can only recall two good deals on computers there. One was a
Apple IIgs w/ a transwarp for ~$80, and the other was a DECLaser 1152 with
<2k page count for $5. I got the DECLaser, not the Apple. Anyone have the
memory upgrade for a 1152?
ja ne
Bob
5:58 a.m.
On Sun, 17 Feb 2002, Chad Fernandez wrote:
The local GoodWill here does that too. Sometimes you
can get a deal,
other times not. Usually they'll break it up after while, as customers
tend to scatter the stuff around.
I never bother looking for old computers at Goodwill or Salvation Army
anymore. If they have them, which is rare, they'll generally be more
modernish 486s or higher.
I go to Goodwill and Salvation Army for the books.
Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival
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3:56 p.m.
Yesterday at Goodwill I found a PowerServer 350 and
370; a PowerStation
340 for $12.99 each. Have not tested them yet but all were full of
memory and not stripped of parts that I could tell. They also had a TI
99 color monitor but it needed some work for $6.99. There were also
about 10 external SCSI tape units with no names on them, so I just
purchased one at $9.99.
Boy nice finds.
I wish I could find stuff like this in NJ. I wish I could just find
the SCSI tapes in NJ.
Bill
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