Re: 2 huge warehouses full of old computers

2018-10-30 Thread Ethan via cctalk
Before anyone scoffs, warehouse space is expensive. It drove the company I was last working for to move out of Austin. Their business Depends when it was bought. Pre-bubble or after the largest real estate bubble in the history of mankind.

Re: 2 huge warehouses full of old computers

2018-10-30 Thread Jim Stefanik via cctalk
These guys are fairly local to me...20 minute drive or so. I might take a hike out there and see if they're any good or a joke. Jim From: Grant Taylor via cctalk Sent: Tuesday, 30 October 2018 17:22 To: cctalk@classiccmp.org Subject: Re: 2 huge warehouses

Re: 2 huge warehouses full of old computers

2018-10-30 Thread Grant Taylor via cctalk
On 10/29/2018 06:36 PM, Chris Hanson via cctalk wrote: I managed to do a search for Apollo stuff and their prices are outrageous. I have heard through the grapevine that the prices shown are MSRP and meant for businesses. Purportedly they will provide much more reasonable pricing if you

Re: 2 huge warehouses full of old computers

2018-10-30 Thread Mark Linimon via cctalk
On Tue, Oct 30, 2018 at 02:04:53PM -0600, Warner Losh via cctalk wrote: > Yes, their business model is to sell a once common $10 part for $500 > because it's an exact replacement and the cost to warehouse it is dwarfed > by the huge profit margin... Before anyone scoffs, warehouse space is

Re: 2 huge warehouses full of old computers

2018-10-30 Thread Warner Losh via cctalk
On Tue, Oct 30, 2018 at 10:29 AM Ali via cctalk wrote: > > > I guess someone has been looking at the site > > > Their inventory search broke. > > > > I managed to do a search for Apollo stuff and their prices are > > outrageous. > > > > They are definitely not aimed at the hobbyist. More of one

RE: 2 huge warehouses full of old computers

2018-10-30 Thread Ali via cctalk
> > I guess someone has been looking at the site > > Their inventory search broke. > > I managed to do a search for Apollo stuff and their prices are > outrageous. > They are definitely not aimed at the hobbyist. More of one of those operations were they are looking to cash in on desperate

Re: 2 huge warehouses full of old computers

2018-10-29 Thread Chris Hanson via cctalk
On Oct 29, 2018, at 4:29 PM, Al Kossow via cctalk wrote: > I guess someone has been looking at the site > Their inventory search broke. I managed to do a search for Apollo stuff and their prices are outrageous. Guess we know how they accumulated multiple warehouses full of gear. -- Chris

Re: 2 huge warehouses full of old computers

2018-10-29 Thread Al Kossow via cctalk
On 10/29/18 4:29 PM, Al Kossow via cctalk wrote: > I guess someone has been looking at the site > Their inventory search broke. > nevermind, it spits out a 500 Error. Internal Server Error. if nothing matches

Re: 2 huge warehouses full of old computers

2018-10-29 Thread Al Kossow via cctalk
On 10/29/18 4:24 PM, John H. Reinhardt via cctalk wrote: > On 10/29/2018 2:53 PM, Electronics Plus via cctalk wrote: >> Thursday I visited Computer Fusion near Dallas, TX. They have 2 huge >> warehouses that they have been filling up since the 1990s. I saw a lot of >> old Sun gear, lots of 90s

Re: 2 huge warehouses full of old computers

2018-10-29 Thread John H. Reinhardt via cctalk
On 10/29/2018 2:53 PM, Electronics Plus via cctalk wrote: Thursday I visited Computer Fusion near Dallas, TX. They have 2 huge warehouses that they have been filling up since the 1990s. I saw a lot of old Sun gear, lots of 90s era PCs, etc. Not all of it is listed on his site, but if there is

2 huge warehouses full of old computers

2018-10-29 Thread Electronics Plus via cctalk
Thursday I visited Computer Fusion near Dallas, TX. They have 2 huge warehouses that they have been filling up since the 1990s. I saw a lot of old Sun gear, lots of 90s era PCs, etc. Not all of it is listed on his site, but if there is something specific you want, go to http://www.cfusion.com and