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Computer Garage Sale!!!

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From: Wayne R Dempsey
Date: Fri, 11 Jun 1993 06:32
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Computer Equipment Garage Sale!!!

Well, it's time again to liquidate my closets and get rid of some of the stuff
I haven't used recently. I've put what I think the value of everything is next 
each item.  As usual everything is open to offers; heck if you can convince me 
to give something useless to you, then try!  I'm also open to trades.  If you
have any junk lying around that you don't need anymore, let me know - I have 
strange interests!  I'm espeically looking for 72 pin 4 and 8 meg SIMMs, a 
68882 Co-Processor 25Mhz, a Mac 256 VRAM Simm, Mac CD software, SCSI 
drives, etc...

Ok, Here's the list:

4 Meg RAM Expansion Board.  Computer Peripherals.  Can be expanded up to 4
	Megs, takes 1 Meg DRAM chips.  Perfect for 286 owners who want to
	run Windows.  Comes with 2 Megs on board.  Has five year warranty,
	board is less than one year old.  Original box and manuals.  Guaranteed
	to work.    ~$120

SCSI Hard Drive. 150 Meg Full Height, heavy duty.  Taken from a novel server
	when the server was retired.  Manufactured by Magnetic Peripheral
	Inc, a Control Data Company. I've seen 80 megs go for $160, 100 
	Megs $200, so I think that this is worth $250.  Very reliable, and
	very fast.  I've been using it externally in a cardboard box, powered
	by an external power supply which I could throw in for $50, and also
	the external cable.  If you buy the drive and power supply, I will toss
	in the cable for free (cost me ~25 to make it).  Right now the drive
	sits out of sight under my desk, and works perfectly.      ~$250 for
	the drive.   $50 for the power supply, cable free... Guaranteed to work
 
2400 Baud Internal modem.  Volume control and Com port selector on the rear.
	Guaranteed to work.     ~$40

HP DeskJet.  Undoubtly the best ink-jet on the market.  Rarely used, in mint
	condition.  With original manuals, and diskettes. Guaranteed to work,
	and I never had any problems.  Willing to work out a deal with the
	TrueType software below.  Excellent laser-quality printer with 
	nothing wrong with it (I use a laser now)	~$295

Western Digital MFM Drive Controller.  WD2020 chip on board.  Controls 2 hard
	drives and two floppies.  I had it working with 2 20 Meg hard drives,
	and 2 HD Floppies.  Guaranteed to work.   16bit    ~$35

Western Digital Hard drive controller.  I have no method of testing this.
	Controls 2 Hard Disks.  Has WD 2010 chip on it. 16bit    ~$8

EGA Card.  With Serial and Parrallel port.  I think it has 712K on it.  Great
	card, never failed me.  Compatibility Software sticker on the main
	chip.  Guaranteed to work.	~$35

MicroSoft Bus Mouse.  Comes with the MicroSoft Inport Device interface
	which is really just another serial card.  Microsoft mouse - just
	about the best on the market.  Guaranteed to work.     ~$80

High Density 5.25" Floppy drives.  Both in mint condition.  Guaranteed
	to work.  One black, One tan.  Cable.	~$40 each

20 Meg MFM 5.25 HH Hard Drive.  Never had any problems with it.  Loaded with
	software, Stacker. Guaranteed to work.  Black faceplate.  Mint
	condition.  SeaGate ST225. Cables	~$65

20 Meg MFM 5.25 HH Hard Drive.  NEC mechanism.  Has a few bad cylinders,
	but since I marked them as bad, I haven't had a problem with them.
	Guaranteed to work.  Tan face-plate.  Model #D5126H.  Also loaded
	with software, Stacker.	Cables	~$60

Mega Huge IBM Power Supply.  manufactured back in the days when computers
	consumed mega amounts of electricity.  Capacity of 157 Watts.  A
	workhorse perfect for a 486.  Guaranteed to work.  Standard size for
	a power supply, manufactured by IBM PN 83X1557.	       ~$95

IBM 286 Motherboard 6Mhz.  First 286 IBM made.  640K on board.  Will include
	Lithium battery and speaker.  Guaranteed to Work.	      ~$40

IBM XT Case.  Genuine IBM Case, same one that the PC came in.  Guaranteed
	to work (just kidding).		~$35

IBM AT Keyboard.  What I belive to be the best keyboard around.  With the
	patented IBM click that makes their keyboards have that better
	feel.  Standard AT keyboard found on all PCs today, and most
	RS/6000s.  Has standard keyboard plug. Guaranteed to work.
	~$85

NEC Keyboard.  Taken from a blown Powermate.  Guaranteed to work.
	nice feel, clicking keys.  Has smaller keyboard plug on it (still
	five pins).  Guaranteed to work.	$65

Continental Systems power supply.  Used to power SCSI drive (above)
	Taken from the NEC (above) Output power 85 Watts.  Guaranteed
	to work.   ~$60
Standard Microsystems Corp Arcnet-PC110 card.  I think that this is an
	ethernet card, although I can't be sure.  Whatever it is, I'm pretty
	sure that it works, because it was taken out a working network
	server when it was retired.	~$20

ITT floppy drive controller.  For anyone who has a hard drive controller
	without the built-in floppy control.  Should work, taken out of
	same computer as above.		~$8

2 CGA Cards.  Don't think that they work, although I could be wrong.  64K
	on board.  make me an offer, if you buy any thing else, I'll include
	these, and you can use them as frisbees maybe?

Z-Nix mouse.  Not sure how I got this one, I think the cord is not working or
	something like that.  Should be fixable with a little patience.  ~$8

A-B Printer switch box.  I dont' really know if this works, forgot to test it.
	Has Centronics connections on the back.  Should be relatively easy
	to fix if broken.  These are ususally very expensive.  I believe this
	one originally cost $85.       ~$10

Monitor Tilt swivel.  From Tandy.  ~$12

360K Floppy drive, guaranteed to work.  ~$15

PS/2 Drive.  No writing on the button.  Couln't test it because I don't
	have a PS/2.	~$20

360K Floppy.  Can't seem to get it to work.  Free with order of something
	else.

8-bit MFM controller.  Not sure if it works.  Has 2010 chip on it...  ~$5

SOFTWARE:

Sealed unopened box of Lotus 123 v2.2.  Manuals untouched, still in shrink-
	wrap.  For Dos.      ~$60

Borland Turbo C++ for Dos.  Almost unused.  All orignal box and manuals.
	will transfer ownership.  I have a letter from Borland letting me
	upgrade to C++ & Application Frameworks for only $199.  Originally
	$795 in the stores.  Buy my copy and save $500!!!
	Guaranteed to work, both sets of diskettes.   ~$60
 
TrueType for DOS.  Great for desktop publishing with WordPerfect or MS
	Word.  Includes 36 fonts, and lets you print TrueType fonts on
	many printers.  I used it with my Deskjet to get output in several
	different font types.  Great for non-windows users!	~$50
 
 
Well, I think that's it.  Sorry to have taken up so much bandwidth (whatever
that really means).  As I said before I am open to offers, so don't be
afraid to offer!
 
Let me know what you think!
 
-Wayne
 
P.S.  I probably won't be answering my email until late Monday afternoon,
so don't worry if I haven't gotten back to you.  I've done this sort of
thing before and sontimes the response is overwhelming.  Last time I got
over 150 messages in less than a week!!!
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