Re: [aclug-L] Computer "sale"

[Jeff <schaller@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sat, 13 Mar 1999, Nate Bargmann wrote:

> I went over to the Red Coach Inn around mid-morning.  I found the
> registration desk and a sign said "Admission $3."  Well, that was all I
> needed to see as none of the ads I heard said anything about admission. 

I got there about 9 or so, and decided to go on in.  I think I got my
money's worth, though, as I got about 45 feet of ready-to-go coax cable
for $4 (new it's $10 for 10 feet). I also bought a couple used ethernet
cards for my soon-to-be-built LAN.

Most of what was there was used stuff; some old boxes, monitors, memory,
video cards, chips, motherboards, CD-Roms, HD, etc. The middle table had
several tables of crap, er I mean, software.  Another table had a whole
bunch of shareware disks.  The sale wasn't really huge, maybe 15 ish
tables.  Makes me wish I knew how much old hardware was worth; there were
several 486s with 4-16 meg RAM and 100M-1G hard drives.  One table had
about 4 or 5 complete systems for $295: 486, 14" monitor, CD-Rom, etc (I
don't recall the details).

They had a drawing for a Toshiba laptop and other door prizes; KRZZ was
just getting set up by the time I left.  If I stayed much longer I
probably would have spent too much money :) 

Overall, I thought it was OK. I wouldn't say it'd be worth it for someone
who just wanted to browse -- you'd want to get your $3 worth.  Knowing
what you want and how much it's worth to you helps; to me, some of the
stuff was a real bargain, other things weren't. It's also a little bit out
of the way (especially for a south-Seneca dweller).  Roads were good,
though. 

"Big up" to Nate Bargmann for letting me/us know about it.

-jeff "I'm not a reporter"
----
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  Apu: I am selling only the concept of karmic realignment.
Homer: You can't sell that!  Karma can only be portioned out by the
       cosmos.  [slams the door]   --Apu: He's got me there.

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