Darren <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I find old pentiums on the side of the road, no cash needed, all work.
> Still to find any mac's, found a Apple IIe and thought my self very lucky.
:)
> (some classic gaming there) Also the Classic II with the checkered screen
[...]
In in a Midwestern (US) university town, the opposite seems to be the case
-- I've collected quite a number of abandonned/handmedown Macs. but until
recently the only PCs I've seen junked have been 286s or less. I've uaually
turned aside from taking them, but a few weeks ago, on my daily walk through
the neighborhood I saw a PII/166 in an alley close to the street (too close,
I guess), & thought "maybe this is the moment to get into the Dark Side
(linux more likely, if I can wing it...)", but when I came back to the spot
with my car (it was a tower system, with monitor) it was gone. Probably
didn't work anyway, being so relatively new....
Of course, being known as the local Mac nut tends to help attract 'em one's
way.
So far, I own 1 of each:
Performa 400 - bought (my 1st Mac)
IIfx - dumped by neighbor
Quadra 650 -bought (used)
7200/90 - bought (used)
Other Mac stuff over the years:
2 SEs - dumped by friends or neighbors, 1 sold, 1 donated by me
Classic - found in alley, sold
Classic II - dumped by neighbor, sold
LCII - dumped from relative's workplace, donated
LC 520 -found, donated
3 ImageWriter IIs - found, 1 retained, 2 donated
ImageWriter LQ - dumped by neighbor, given away as damaged (?)
HP DeskWriter 550 - bought new, retained
HP DeskWriter 560 - found, retained
Epson Stylus 500 - found, retained
Numerous keyboards & mice
plus Numerous PC Monitors, mostly donated or given for recycling when
non-functional or only 60Hz VGA (but I did retain 1 great NEC 15 in.)
1 PS/2 keyboard, given away
PC (but Mac'able) SyJet drive, dumped by friend, retained
2 CD-ROM drives, given away
--
Over,
Jutso
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