4 Feb
2002
4 Feb
'02
4:37 p.m.
I think I took a part-time job in Hell today. A non-profit corp who
funds its computers-for-children program by "salvaging" donated
equipment. That means selling most of it by the pound. I'll be working
for trade, for a while.
If anybody wants, there is, for its worth as scrap:
1 Sun 2/120 system unit. Looks intact.
2 AS/400 cabinets, I _think_ 9404 models. One intact, one missing
an expansion board (or bulkhead covers). Too dark to read the
badges & labels. More details tomorrow
1 IBM rack - Says it's part of a phone system. Behind a large
deteriorating box, so all I could see was an 8" floppy drive
unit, and what looked like a 3/4" tape drive.
2 Pallets PS/2 Model 77. Probably 40-60 machines
1 Pallet PS/2 full towers. Pallets were already shrinkwrapped, so
I couldn't further ID them.
Both lots of PS/2 equipment may already be gone.
Not headed for the crusher, 'cause "That's VINTAGE stuff!!"
2 Large (42"x42"x42") deteriorating cardboard boxes of Tandy &
Commodore equipment. Unsorted, and not well packed. OK, not
packed at all, in any real sense. He knows it's worth money,
but he ain't sure what it is.
The main problem is that I don't have the wherewithal to even ship
anything bigger than the model 77s. I can probably get the bigger stuff
put on hold, but if you want it, you'll need to arrange pickup &
shipping. His prices are literally by the pound.
On the Brighter Side:
*I* will be making out like the proverbial fat rat.
Doc
4 Feb
4 Feb
9:03 a.m.
On Mon, 4 Feb 2002, Doc Shipley wrote:
I think I took a part-time job in Hell today. A
non-profit corp who
funds its computers-for-children program by "salvaging" donated
equipment. That means selling most of it by the pound. I'll be working
for trade, for a while.
DO they at least refurbish modernish PCs that come through the door or do
they salvage those as well?
The Alameda County Computer Resource Center refurbishes anything that
comes through that's Pentium-100 and above (I think they're edging towards
133 and above now). They'll take the best parts from what comes in to
build the best systems they can. Minimum configuration is P100/133, 64MB
RAM, 1GB HD. All machines come with a keyboard, mouse, SVGA display,
CD-ROM, and network interface. A new-in-the-box copy of SuSE Linux 7.1
Personal Edition is also included (thanks to a generous donation of 30,000
packages from SuSE in Oakland, CA).
Sometimes whole lots of one thing will come in, for example monitors,
CPUs, keyboards, network cards, CD-ROM drives, etc. Most of the time it's
individual machines that get stripped down and then rebuilt into new and
tested machines.
The rest of what comes in gets salvaged to pay for the operation
(container loads of plastic and metal get sent to China monthly, and CRTs
are even recycled through some operation in Utah). Up until this year,
the ACCRC operated mostly on funds generated within the organization
(they used to hold Saturday sales but the support issues got old after a
while).
http://www.accrc.org
1 IBM rack - Says it's part of a phone system.
Behind a large
deteriorating box, so all I could see was an 8" floppy drive
unit, and what looked like a 3/4" tape drive.
It might be either a System/36 or System/38. Sounds interesting.
Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival
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7:12 p.m.
On Mon, 4 Feb 2002, Sellam Ismail wrote:
DO they at least refurbish modernish PCs that come
through the door or do
they salvage those as well?
Yes. Some get donated, some get sold. To this organization's credit,
it looks like the cream of the PC crop gets donated rather than sold.
It sounds like the Alameda operation is very similar.
Doc
6:19 p.m.
On Mon, 4 Feb 2002, Doc wrote:
On Mon, 4 Feb 2002, Doc Shipley wrote:
AAAAARRRRRGGGGGHHHHH!!!!! :-)
Does anyone know where one or more pictures of Sun2 machines can be found?
I've been unable to locate any with google.
--
Jeffrey S. Sharp
jss(a)subatomix.com
1 Sun 2/120 system unit. Looks intact.
Already claimed. By somebody whose reply hit my server before my own
post. ;) 
6:56 p.m.
On Mon, 4 Feb 2002, Jeffrey S. Sharp wrote:
AAAAARRRRRGGGGGHHHHH!!!!! :-)
Does anyone know where one or more pictures of Sun2 machines can be found?
I've been unable to locate any with google.
Want me to take a picture of my Sun 2? It isn't a Multibus unit, though.
Peace... Sridhar
1 Sun 2/120 system unit. Looks intact.
Already claimed. By somebody whose reply hit my server before my own
post. ;)
7:46 p.m.
On Tue, 5 Feb 2002, Julius Sridhar wrote:
On Mon, 4 Feb 2002, Jeffrey S. Sharp wrote:
Yes.
--
Jeffrey S. Sharp
jss(a)subatomix.com
Does anyone know where one or more pictures of
Sun2 machines can be
found? I've been unable to locate any with google.
Want me to take a picture of my Sun 2? 
6:58 p.m.
Does anyone know where one or more pictures of Sun2 machines can be found?
I've been unable to locate any with google.
http://www.iaf.nl/Users/Geert/en/GAL/groot/joekel.html
-Lawrence LeMay
7:50 p.m.
On Mon, 4 Feb 2002, Lawrence LeMay wrote:
Neat! I have a Sun monochrome monitor that looks exactly like that in the
picture. I have another one that is similar, but it most definitely has a
base designed for a dimpled 3/50.
--
Jeffrey S. Sharp
jss(a)subatomix.com
Does anyone
know where one or more pictures of Sun2 machines can be
found? I've been unable to locate any with google.
http://www.iaf.nl/Users/Geert/en/GAL/groot/joekel.html
5 Feb
5 Feb
3:50 a.m.
On Mon, 4 Feb 2002, Lawrence LeMay wrote:
Neat! I have a Sun monochrome monitor that looks exactly like that in the
picture. I have another one that is similar, but it most definitely has a
base designed for a dimpled 3/50.
Jeffrey S. Sharp
The sun 2 and 3 monitors were the same. The flat base on the monitor in the
picture is probably a separate piece which has the dimple. Though I did
see a few in the old days that were designed with an integrated flat
bottom piece.
In the picture, you can almost see the round piece between monitor and
the flat base.
-Lawrence LeMay
Does
anyone know where one or more pictures of Sun2 machines can be
found? I've been unable to locate any with google.
http://www.iaf.nl/Users/Geert/en/GAL/groot/joekel.html 
4 Feb
4 Feb
7:05 p.m.
On Mon, Feb 04, 2002 at 11:19:26PM -0600, Jeffrey S. Sharp wrote:
Does anyone know where one or more pictures of Sun2
machines can be found?
I've been unable to locate any with google.
I've got a 2/120 here already; imagine a slightly-skinnier ugly brown
3/260.
The 2/170 is "rackmount black cube with power switch".
Bill
--
Bill Bradford
mrbill(a)mrbill.net
Austin, TX
5:47 p.m.
On Mon, 4 Feb 2002, Doc Shipley wrote:
I think I took a part-time job in Hell today. A
non-profit corp who
funds its computers-for-children program by "salvaging" donated
equipment. That means selling most of it by the pound. I'll be working
for trade, for a while.
I want:
1 Sun 2/120 system unit. Looks intact.
And BTW, this, as well as the PS/2's are classic machines.
Peace... Sridhar
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