Re: Not many left...

["mr. brad" <mrbradremove@ll.net>]

you trip over any more warehouses/univ or schools with this stuff stuck in 
the attic somewhere post location here.....i'm sure someone would haul it 
away for free or at least give you something for it...*just in case you know 
some school adm types with old stuff or old networks...* by the way a 
complete corvus or mastery development network of apple ii's still working 
or all stored together would be a boon....those were usually parted 
out...some ap2 collector on here prob would pay for a complete working 
network for retro collecting reasons...etc

my 2c worth

brad
former sysop lost gonzo bbs

"The Wizard of Oz" <wizard@emeraldcity.gov> wrote in message 
news:mEJFg.434691$IK3.74904@pd7tw1no...
> On Fri, 18 Aug 2006 07:58:18 -0700, jts wrote these words of wisdom:
>
>> Good morning,
>>
>> Please excuse any typos or complete illogiciality. (Or the invention of
>> non-words.) I'm not human until my third cup of coffee.
>>
>> I work for a school district as the network administrator. I have
>> personally overseen, helped with, or advised in favor of, the
>> destruction of hundreds of Apple II computers. Room fulls. (Floor to
>> ceiling at one elementary school. Yes, really.)
>>
>> We "recycle" them with a third-party. What they really do with them....
>> who knows?
>>
>> This morning another load went out. We don't see so many Apple II
>> machines anymore. (They used to be like buffalo in the wild west.)
>> Mostly it was old Macintosh computers this time---powermacs. An Apple
>> IIgs was in there, too. Printer, 3.5" floppy drives. Monitor. Etc.
>>
>> I did, however, rescue an Apple IIe platinum from the pile. We now have
>> two of them in the office here (my co-worker previously rescued one).
>> Mine has the works (printer, dual floppies).
>>
>> I like the little guy. Fun sound effects when you turn it on. Reminds
>> me of the 80s. Secretly, I've wanted one since I was very young. (But
>> I'll probably just keep it here at work. It's huge!)
>>
>> It can't count to 10-thousand quicker than I can run for coffee... but
>> it has a lot more charm than my Linux box, which could otherwise eat
>> the thing for breakfast.
>>
>> Oh, and sorry about the entire "wholesale slaughter" thing. If somebody
>> had asked, we probably would have donated them somewhere where they
>> were wanted.
>>
>> Moral: Talk to your local school districts... (But not us. I think
>> we're fresh out.)
>>
>> Warm regards towards you die-hards,   :-)
>>
>> Tom
>
> Our former local Apple// club has rescued a number of //es and GSs which
> were going to be recycled. We found there to be a great response from
> people on the lower end of the income scale when we gave the machines to
> people who would actually use them.
>
> Just an FYI...
>
> Later
> Mike