Re: More eBay madness

[gkomatsu@Hawaii.Edu (Galen Tatsuo Komatsu)]

In article <SKhu7.123976$sM1.33445846@news3.rdc1.on.home.com>,
Tim Haynes <trhaynes@yahoo.SPAMBGONE.com> wrote:
>> > >Also, I bid on a 4MB RAM card for the IIgs (and was just as quickly
>> > >outbid). I received the "you lost" email yesterday and it stated that
>> > >the auction ended at $130.

>> > Damn... and doing a quick check right now for other recent
>> > auctions, I guess I should've grabbed from the thrift yesterday
>> > the Ramworks III boards I saw in addition to the TranswarpGS.

>> Dude, do you know how many thrift stores I have to search before I
>> find IIgs stuff in my area?  Not only SHOULD you have bought those
>> things, you have a MORAL OBLIGATION to do so.

	Yea, I went back the other day to grab those RWIII boards,
partially with the intent of playing the eBay game, ;^) but also to
rescue them from what I refer to as thrift store hell (and even with
the prior, at least they'll be in the hands of someone who wants it.)
When I first started visiting thrifts I would pass over things like
complete Infocom games, and in the succeeding weeks return to see the
components slowly get strewn about the store.  When I last saw those
RWIII boards they were in a box with some other cards, cables, a
printer stand, and such.  I had nightmares that weekend of someone
throwing stuff into the box and *snap* goes the boards.
	But someone else beat me to them, they, and interestingly, most
of the floppy controllers were gone.  Not to leave empty handed however,
I grabbed a //c external floppy, some odd Apple cables, and a very
worn Murder on the Zinderneuf folder (sans disc)  for my modest
Electronic Arts collection.

>Amen to that!  Finding anything Apple II around here (Toronto, Canada)
>is like pulling teeth.  And Thrift Stores??? No way!!!  I personally
>feel obliged to buy any Apple II stuff that I come across, nevermind
>things like Ramworks boards!

	Depends which stores you go to.  The regular GoodWill stores
here probably won't bother with older computers, much less random parts,
they'd rather peddle PentiumII systems for $300.  If they don't go to
the dumpster, the old stuff winds up in their Surplus store...rows & rows
of junk piles you have to dig through; some of you would love it. =^)
Though this recent windfall though was somewhat unusual, usually there's
just a stock GS CPU or a //e with the usual cards.

...if anyone wants manuals, drop me a line.  There were piles of them,
many unopened (as they came from a computer lab.)  Nothing really special
though.  //e, IIGS (I think there were some unopened packs of whatever
paperwork that came with them, manual, packing list, warranty, etc,)
IIGS RAM card, Super Serial, ProDOS and supplements, a couple others.
Send me a list of what you'd like, and your word that you'll buy them
(I don't want to be stuck with manuals) and I'll check during my next
visit.

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