Don't laugh, but I recently threw out a pile of 486 stuff, mobos, proc, even PIII, etc. And a couple of 8086! I recently bought a usb floppy drive because my HP hybrid scope has one in it for storing traces and such and also to upgrade firmware, etc. I actually started an inventory of my radiation and lab gear, with permanent ID labels, S/N, etc. Intended to add a picture in a spreadsheet so when I croak, someone could recognize the value in portable gamma spectrometers and such and not toss them. Maybe not worth $20k new price, but still... Lotsa Ludlum gear, Amptek Si-pin spectrometer too, around $8k new for just that one (not to me, of course). A small sampling: lasers (HeNe, Ar-ion, ruby, YAG, diode, dye), metal lathe, vertical mill, metal shaper, nuke gear incl 8 full NIM crates and another 100 or so modules, woodworking, metal working, welding, auto stuff, water gardening (water lilies, lotus, all sorts of bog plants, fertilizers, etc), photography (yes, wet B&W darkroom with lifetime supply of chemicals and 3000'+/- 35mm films, Graphic View 4x5), guns/shooting/reloading/gunsmithing, chemistry, rockets, pyrotechnics, hunting, gardening, motorcycles, 4x4s, general construction and repair, arcade games (yes the real ones, only 5 cabinets though but also Atari 2600 and Colecovision and a few old Zenith TVs for spare CRTs for the monitors), maps, books, books, and more books...
On Tue, Apr 20, 2021 at 2:14 PM Adrian Godwin <[email protected]> wrote: > Hah. You have to have very specialised interests. I often think nobody > will know what do with my stuff but I just offered a old HP floppy/hard > drive (that I'd been sitting on long after the HP85 computer had gone) to > the VintHP group and I was amazed to find they nearly bit my arm off for it. > > On Tue, Apr 20, 2021 at 6:09 PM Nick Andrews <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Standing by for Adrian's "free to a loving home" listing of surplus cool >> stuff... >> >> On Tue, Apr 20, 2021 at 11:38 AM Adrian Godwin <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> The way I understood it, it was their whole stash of them. They wanted >>> to get Fran to do something cool with them rather than keep them in their >>> cupboard. An attitude I can well understand as my piles of coolstuff grow >>> ever bigger (no, I don't have any giant Nixies :) >>> >>> Fran has a big interest in old display technologies. You'll see some >>> sweet stuff in her youtube catalog. >>> >>> >>> On Tue, Apr 20, 2021 at 2:19 PM blkadder <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> I am truly floored. Someone out there must have a gigantic horde of >>>> 7971 tubes to send someone 14 of these giants. Well, I am subscribed to >>>> the channel now. I am looking forward to see what Fran comes up with for >>>> this amazing collection of tubes. I wonder if the anonymous sender is in >>>> this group? >>>> >>>> On Tuesday, April 20, 2021 at 8:42:31 AM UTC-4 [email protected] >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Fran got some nixies .. >>>>> >>>>> https://youtu.be/Mi18Fw5R9Oo?t=852 >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "neonixie-l" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>> an email to [email protected]. >>>> To view this discussion on the web, visit >>>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/62eb87dc-5ef1-4855-b800-6596ad2a6cb8n%40googlegroups.com >>>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/62eb87dc-5ef1-4855-b800-6596ad2a6cb8n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>>> . >>>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "neonixie-l" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected]. >>> To view this discussion on the web, visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/CALiMYrvDfY1k15kNar%2B8zOFLuYyQS5YAghjxSrDKTzCZxCk2iw%40mail.gmail.com >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/CALiMYrvDfY1k15kNar%2B8zOFLuYyQS5YAghjxSrDKTzCZxCk2iw%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "neonixie-l" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To view this discussion on the web, visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/CAJD4P-ghmX6trcbZg4-Vr4q-0FYD87JTNoqoTfhin24%3DkPCE_w%40mail.gmail.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/CAJD4P-ghmX6trcbZg4-Vr4q-0FYD87JTNoqoTfhin24%3DkPCE_w%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "neonixie-l" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/CALiMYrtadefVS%2BDFsOmxUER5CNnTbSknF1KrSk05%3D9Gse4g7Bw%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/CALiMYrtadefVS%2BDFsOmxUER5CNnTbSknF1KrSk05%3D9Gse4g7Bw%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/CAJD4P-jTysokpEsBwm-5YqJgM64MmrT7-VKVAkdRu-eq83yRbw%40mail.gmail.com.
