Re: Nuggets

["Paul Grammens" <grammens@svn.net>]

Brian Hyer <bmhyer@ameritech.net> wrote in message
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> Man, I wish that kind of $20 special happened around here... <grin>
>
> Here in southwestern Ohio, I have seen exactly ONE IIgs system in about 12
> years of looking for one. I was actually looking at it (physically
examining
> the system) - when this troll-like individual at the Goodwill store
elbowed
> her way in front of me, took the system back in the back, and returned a
few
> minutes later. I looked, and the $50 price tag (!) had been replaced by a
> $199 (!!) price tag. I asked her why, and she said, " 'Cause it gots a
> screen wif it." <groan>
>
> Where, oh where, can I lay MY hands on an 8 meg Transwarp'ed IIgs with HS
> SCSI for $20? Not in Ohio, that's for sure.
>

We have an area in California called the Mother Lode Country. It's where the
49'ers found the gold.  The San Francisco Bay area is the mother lode for
Golden Age computers, I reckon.  Maybe I should give tours of my favorite
sources of these gems! If you're ever in the bay area, let me know and I'll
tell you where to look.
I have 6 IIgs's, all with Vulcans or SCSI hard disks, and two with TWGS's,
all bought at local junk stores for $5 or less.
-Paul