Re: Laser 3000

[Lonnie McClure <lmcclure@delphi.com>]

In a message dated 2-19-95, Mitchell Spector said:
 
     "Many people will offen just give away their old computers
      as well."
 
I do have one computer I acquired that way; a TRS-80 Model 4P.
 
I was in a store that sold used computers, when the guy came in
and asked about the value of it. They essentially told him "nada".
I asked him about it. Turned out someone he had already given it
to was returning it. To make the story short, a few weeks later,
I had a 4P and some software, and all it cost me was a drive
across town.
 
 
Frankly, if I really knew how many old, interesting, and yes, useful,
old computers got trashbined every week, I would likely have a
nervous breakdown.
 
The hard part is finding these people before the terrible deed is done.
Time is short, so I cannot go around crusing the trash routes just
before pickup.
 
Sometimes I do wonder if I could get away with printing up some
"Send me your old, tired, dejected computers" posters, laminating
them, and then posting them on every apartment complex dumpster in the
city. <grin>