Subj : Re: Storage
To   : DARYL STOUT
From : JOE MACKEY
Date : Fri Jul 15 2022 07:08:08

  Daryl wrote --

>   When Arkansas Children's Hospital in Little Rock was discarding all their old computer hardware, a friend of my brother's (I didn't know him at the time) got an 8088 XT, with 640K of RAM, a 3.5" and a 5.25" floppy 

   Marshall has semi-annual yard sales where items that had been replaced
are offered for sale to the public in a silent auction.
   One time I was in a open on four sides building to get something for
parking.  (The building housed mostly mechanical equipment such as mowers,
plows, etc).  
   In one area were pallets of old computers, keyboards, etc.  I asked why
they were there and told "for the yard sale".  Sheesh.  Stuff sitting in
pretty much open area of dirt, dust, rain, etc and they expected to sell those.
   A fella who ran a pc repair shop I know (knew him from his bbs years
ago) would buy some of pc's to part out.  About all they were good for after a
week or so.
   I brought some stuff from the sales.
   One is a heavy as iron four drawer maple desk from a dorm room, $5.
   My computer desk, with hutch, $15.
   And a few other odds and ends.
   One time they had something like 100 new in the box, never been opened,
iPads that were given to the university and never used.  Missed out on one
of those.

>  JM>    That replaced my 286 I brought used, which replaced my Commie.
> 
>   Was that a computer from Russia?? <G>

   Yep. Could only write in Cyrillic.  :)
   Joe
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