Re: OT: Seeking computer scrapyard

http://www.scoutscomputerswapmeet.com/

Ed/ke7feg ....Hurry up November...enough heat so far!!

Did I mention, 2/23/07 the FCC dropped all cw (AKA Morse code) testing for any class of license as a ham? Just pass the written exams.


--- On Sun, 10/5/08, fouldragon@aol.com <fouldragon@aol.com> wrote:

> From: fouldragon@aol.com <fouldragon@aol.com>
> Subject: Re: OT: Seeking computer scrapyard
> To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
> Date: Sunday, October 5, 2008, 5:45 PM
> Yeah, but it's 1) once a month and 2) at 06.00 on a
> Sunday morning. To
> get me up at 06.00, they'd better have "Free IBM
> 360 with purchase" :P
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> From: blake gonterman <gnunixguy@gmail.com>
> To: Main PLUG discussion list
> <plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us>
> Sent: Sun, 5 Oct 2008 5:25 pm
> Subject: Re: OT: Seeking computer scrapyard
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> Didn't the boyscouts used to do something in south
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> --Blake
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> On Sun, Oct 5, 2008 at 12:59 PM, <fouldragon@aol.com>
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> I'm posting here because I seek locally-focused input,
> and this is
> likely the sort of thing that appeals to the "Oh,
> look, I can run Linux
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> on it" streak.
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> I'm sure many of you remember what ASU Surplus used to
> be like, 3-4-5
> years ago.  Half-dead, half-open machines, most priced in
> a manner
> where it was worthwhile to buy an entire PII-400 desktop
> for the Zip
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> drive inside.  And all the "WTF" stuff-- HP 712
> pizza boxes, SGI kit,
> etc.
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> Well, they shut it like two years ago, and then reopened it
> a bit later
> (for two hours a day), but it just isn't the same.  If
> I just want a
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> beater case to install some parts in, a low-end box to gut
> for a spare
> drive or card, or a 21" CRT which can only connect to
> an obscure HP
> mini, odds are you won't get it.
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> My inner raccoon-- the one
> which enjoyed digging through their
>
> cornucopia of rubbish for something truly cool-- is not
> satisfied.
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> Where does everyone go for that experience now?  It would
> be nice if it
> was someplace open on weekends, or at least more convinient
> hours than
>
> 2-4PM.  I'm sick of trolling Craigslist, waiting for
> something fun to
> show up.
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