Re: New Apple II BBS

["Terry Olsen" <tolsen64@hotmail.com>]

That's the same around here.  When they sold old PC's for $4, I'd buy them
and strip them for parts.  But now they want to rip you off.  Today I was in
the Goodwill store and they had an old 386 PC, no monitor (where you going
to find a CGA monitor?) and they wanted $49 for it.  I got lucky once a
couple weeks ago and found an HP Jet Direct for $5.  Sold it on ebay for
$160.

"Sheldon Simms" <sheldonsimms@yahoo.com> wrote in message
pan.2004.02.04.06.18.39.163593@yahoo.com">news:pan.2004.02.04.06.18.39.163593@yahoo.com...
> On Tue, 03 Feb 2004 20:43:08 -0700, Terry Olsen wrote:
>
> > "Sheldon Simms" <sheldonsimms@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> > pan.2004.02.04.03.15.51.370151@yahoo.com">news:pan.2004.02.04.03.15.51.370151@yahoo.com...
> >>
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> I have put up a new Apple II BBS called AppleNet.
> >>
> >> It's sharing the line with a fax machine, so it will only
> >> be up from (approximately) 7pm to 7am Eastern (US) time.
> >>
> >> The good part -- It's actually running on an Apple IIe!
> >> The bad part -- It's actually using a 300 baud modem!
> >>
> >> I'll change the modem if it gets to be a problem.
> >>
> >> I hope I can see some of you there!
> >>
> >>
> > You can easily pick up a 14.4 or higher modem at Salvation Army or
Goodwill
> > for a buck...
> >
>
> I thought I should also mention that my local thrift stores are all
> rip-off joints. They sell 14.4 modems for $15, 60Mhz Pentium-based
> computers for $200, Old inkjet printers for $40, etc. etc.
>
> I was in one today and they had an Atari 2600 (no power adapter, no
> controllers, no carts) selling for $18 a Nintendo for $20 and three
> Sega Genesis systems for $10 each.
>
>