>Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2003 04:11:05 -0500 >From: ryon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>So I want an SE/30. >Where should I look for an SE/30? In Austin, we have a branch of Goodwill which only sells computer equipment. It's called the Goodwill Computer Works Store. You might check to see if there's a thrift store or something similar in your area which carries older computers. I bought my SE/30 for $15 there. It took me several months, because, while they always had SE/30s in stock, I was waiting for one with a nice case that wasn't yellowed with age. It also seems to have come with a motherboard problem I haven't made time to fix yet (common checkerboard problem). There is also a local Macintosh Users Group (MUG) here. They recently had a sale and one fellow had a very nice, perhaps even mint condition SE/30 for $30 there. I might have bought it but it was early in the morning and I just didn't feel like spending any money that early. No, I'm not fully rational before noon. So you might check to see if you have a local MUG still in existence. The internet killed most of them because their primary reason for existing was to let folks of like interests gather and exchange information. We do that here, without geographical limitations. On the other hand, it's difficult for someone to bring their machine to the next meeting so that we can all work on it. Finally, you might try posting a WTB in the news groups. A subject like "WTB: SE/30 [specify condition] in [city] Ohio [target price]" would be good. Keep [specify condition] to two or three words and be more specific in the body. The appropriate groups would be comp.sys.mac.wanted and misc.forsale.computers.mac-specific.system. I'm not certain the latter one is exactly correct, but if you have news group access you should be able to browse the full group list and find the one I mean. You may have local news groups with a forsale or wanted group. For example, there's an Austin.xxxx hierarchy and one of the groups is austin.forsale. There's also an austin.gardening. These geographically specific news groups make a lot of sense for a few purposes where geography really matters. The news groups were a wonderful place to buy and sell things with no fees. Ebay has, unfortunately, dragged off most of the traffic. On the other hand, there is much more stuff bought and sold than there once was, so you're much more likely to find the odd thing you're looking for. It's just kind of sad that this free venue is becoming unviable because of a fee based venue which offers no advantages over the free venue. -- Compact Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/>. Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Compact Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/compact.shtml> The FAQ: <http://macfaq.org/> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/compact.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
