Re: Let Down at Goodwill

["Gary Sutton" <otter@oz.net>]

On Sat, 18 Oct 1997 09:42:00 GMT, 
Brian Hammack  <brian.hammack@rook.wa.com > wrote:

>
>The Goodwill in downtown Seattle is much the same.  $5 for an Image-
>writer, though, with the stipulation that you CANNOT TEST IT FIRST.
>I took it upstairs and plugged it in, so what I cheated a bit.  Works!

We have not yet checked out that one, although I recently tried that St.
Vinnie's just a few blocks off of Marginal Way  (It sucked big time btw).

>The Goodwill distribution in downtown Tacoma is more sedate, with good
>prices and less competition.  Of course, I have **never** seen a GS at
>any thrift store, but recently saw everything but the CPU one day of
>some dumped system (flock of software, the drives, the printer with
>cable, boxed RAM and other cards, maybe even the monitor and keyboard).
>
The first time I went to the main Goodwill in Tacoma, I was quite 
impressed with the finds, although the past few trips have been rather 
disappointing.  However, their training store was quite nice.  That 
was where I got my KayPro II for $4.50.

>confess recently buying a SeqSys RAM GS 4meg card for $5 at Goodwill.

Yikes!  I knew we shoulda made a trip down that way recently...  
<Otter-bite...  CHOMP!>  :3


>                                                        << mushroom >>
>                                        the Apple thrift searcher of Tac
>

We did recently get a nice II+ at Vinnie's here in Bremerton and an 
enhanced IIe at the Goodwill here.  Paid $6.50 for both.  The II+ 
included an actual working Videx 80 column card as well as a serial 
card, and a couple other cards that I can't remember...  I also don't 
remember what the IIe came with, but another IIe we just got at 
Vinnie's, an unenhanced one that we got for parts for the other, had a 
Duodisk, Applicard Z-80, and a monochrome monitor, all for $4.50...

Speaking of Z-80s, anyone know where I can get a copy of CP/AM 5.1?  
My GS has an AE Z-80+ in it that I found at Goodwill for $2.00, the 
II+ has a MS Z-80, and the IIe has that other one.  I'd like to get 
CP/M working on all three...

--Otter