The guy who surpluses old equipment in our warehouse gave me a call this morning. He had a CDI-1030 APL/ASCII portable acoustic thermal "teletypewriter" that someone had found in a closet, and wanted to know if I had a use for it. Upon physical inspection, the terminal is in great shape - no dents, dings, scratches, missing keys, etc. It is built into a very rugged (and heavy) samsonite suitcase and even had an unopened case of thermal paper with it. The Property ID numbers were no longer in the database, so it could not be surplussed through the normal channels (auction) since it could not be tracked. I could either take it or the surplus property guy would have to send it to the scrap yard. The decision was a no brainer, and I now have this old heavy thing sitting here in my cube. Now, how to explain this latest acquisition to a spouse who is already complaining about the amount of "junk" in the basement....