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Re: Junkyard finds
- Subject: Re: Junkyard finds
- From: Rubywand <rubywand@swbell.net>
- Date: Tue, 08 Jun 2004 22:21:24 GMT
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2, comp.sys.apple2.usergroups
- Organization: SBC http://yahoo.sbc.com
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Tim Haynes writes ...
>
> Well, after a few years of reading about people finding cool things in the
> trash (and even finding a II+ myself once) I am happy to announce another
> IIgs treasure recued!
>
> I had a carload of old PC parts that I brought to the nearby (30min drive
> away in Scarborough) computer recycling centre. Usually there is not much
> there. The day I arrived, there was quite a bit of stuff. Laying down my
> first piece of scrap, a buried Woz limited edition IIgs caught my eye. I
> grabbed it, it's associated hard drive (oooh... the implications of that
> drive excited me) and threw it in the car.
>
> I got it home and opened it up. Smiling up at me was an Apple High Speed
> SCSI card and a half-populated GS Sauce ramcard (2 megs populated). I
> hooked up the drive and powered up - it worked great!
>
> Finally, a IIgs treasure find of my own. I already have a RamFAST, but the
> Apple HS SCSI is nice to have. :-) And for Apple fans in the Greater
> Toronto Area - take heart, you can find something cool, too!
>
> Cheers
> Tim
Very cool find! Great to know goodies like that are still out there.
Rubywand
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- Junkyard finds
- From: "Tim Haynes" <timhaynes@no.spam.please.alumni.uwaterloo.ca>