Re: Weekend Garage Sale Score

[PZ <skierpaul@yahoo.com>]

An ADB keyboard is a score these days.  Sure, we used to be able to
find computers with ZipGSX's and Second Sight Cards too, just waiting
to get thrown out.  An extra keyboard will supplement the dozens of
keyboardless CPU's that are out there.  Good find.

On Oct 17, 8:34 am, Michael Black <et...@ncf.ca> wrote:
> On Mon, 17 Oct 2011, IUnknown wrote:
> > My wife and I like the drive around and go to garage sales
> > occasionally.
>
> > I have been looking for a stereo receiver for my garage - and well,
> > she just likes to shop. We figure that why throw something away when
> > it could still have life - and mostly, I am just cheap.
>
> > So, after finding a suitable stereo receiver (Sony - $10), we hit a
> > couple of other garage sales and are just about to head home for the
> > day. We hit the last house, and are perusing the inventory. The wife
> > locates an old hello kitty cordless phone, and my son says 'Dad -
> > there is some apple stuff over here'.
>
> > I wander over to the cardboard box containing an old HP deskjet style
> > printer.... and there is a PC-style keyboard and mouse in there -
> > apple branded with an ADB connector. My son asked what they wanted for
> > it.....
>
> > 'Give me a $1 and you can take it'.
>
> > So, I walked away with a great (working) full-size ADB keyboard for
> > $1. Gotta love garage sales. The sad thing is that it would have ended
> > up in a dumpster otherwise.....   How much of this great stuff ended
> > up in landfills?
>
> After the buildup, I thought you were going to reveal far more interesting
> things underneath, or even before a box was mentioned, a IIGS or something
> exotic.
>
> The spare ADB keyboards and mice that I have were all found on the
> sidewalk, waiting for the garbage trucks.
>
>      Michael