Surplus stuff

[paulq@no.spam (Paul Quinlan)]

Thanks for the replies to my tongue-in-cheek article, "Punished for insolence".

supertimer@aol.com (Supertimer) suggested that I donate it to
Clairemont High School (I'm sure where that is, but I'm near Vancouver,
Canada, and if Clairemont is far away the cost of shipping it would be
way more than the equipment's value.)


macuming@gloria.cord.edu wrote:

> First of all, you could send one of those IIGS's my way... =)

Come and get it...!

> Seriously, a while ago on the list there was a thread detailing how valuable
> IIGS's were to people working with those having special needs. I'd recommend
> searching csa2 on Deja News for the phrase "wheelchair-bound"

I should have mentioned that I have some "adaptive firmware cards" which
were discarded by a rehab center which replaced them with more modern
stuff.

> And second, as someone with a similar affliction (but only having stacks of
> computers, about 25, and not stacks and stacks),

Er, I was exaggerating... there's only one stack, and smaller than 25 (but
it still takes up most of my closet).

> I recognize your plight. We with apartments full of Apple IIs are like
> the mythic dragon hoarding gold and holding virgins captive. We can't use
> all of it, but we need to protect it. I understand the need to provide
> good homes for these computers.

Actually, for me it's leftover memorabilia from those heady days in the
early 80's when desktop computers were developing in a more or less
rational direction, ie. before the Big Blue dragon warped the Space-Time
Continuum with the PC.

> Having said that, realize that you probably won't find homes for the computers
> themselves without the trip to goodwill.

I've been looting some of it for parts... sometimes a piece of flat ribbon
cable is the most useful part of something (like the 300 baud Micromodem).

> Apart from the IIGSs, pretty much everyone who wants one has one, and if
> they don't, they'd rather wait for something to come along near home than
> pay postage.

These are ROM 1 GS's with no keyboards or other components. (3 of them)

> I would recommend, though, that you try to get rid of the cards, peripherals,
> books, etc. on csa2.marketplace.  I at least would be interested in some of
> the stuff.  Just post a list off the top of your head of the most interesting
> stuff that you have, and if that gets a good response, keep on going.

Well I have been moving it all from widely scattered parts of my apartment
into one corner, but it will be a while before I've sorted out the keepers
from the surplus stuff so I can post a list. One problem is, the surplus
parts seem to grow little legs and saunter back over to the "keep" piles!
Maybe I'll dig a deep hole in the ground somewhere, seal it all up in
plastic bags and bury it for future civilizations to marvel over. Or
perhaps put it all out on the front lawn with a big sign, "FREE" for
passers-by to take with them. There must be other folks like me who can't
pass up a chance like that. (Goodwill is getting wise -- a nearby 
hospital thrift store still has an IBM monochrome monitor I gave them
nearly a year ago).

Paul Quinlan