Re: New Apple II BBS

["SSF" <nonospam@nonospam.net>]

Hardware has gotten out of hand at the thrift store I scan as well.  I don't
know if they expect somebody to ever pay that much or if they send the stuff
to auction after awhile if it doesn't sell retail.  All I know is the stuff
I scoff at is no longer there when I go back a few weeks later to check for
new goodies.  A lot of thrift stores won't even accept TVs, computers, etc
because there is so much surplus out there.

I have gotten lucky with software recently though.  Off topic for csa2 but I
found The Sims and Simtower and Traffic Giant at a thrift store for $3.25
each in jewel cases and all work great.  The thrift store I peruse just
throws all their CDs in a rack whether audio or data and sells them all for
$3.25 so you can find some goodies sometimes.

Haven't seen any apple II stuff at my local thrift stores in ages through.

When I ran my BBS it went on line with a 300 baud zoom modem and 2 5.25"
floppy drives on GBBS "Pro".  So this post brings back memories.  Hardly
enough room on the ~140k x 2 drives for the source code let alone any games,
messages, files, etc.  Eventually I made it up to 64mb hard drive and 2400
baud before it went down in 1992.  I just paid $10 for a 64mb jumpdrive that
is hooked to my keychain and is a lot lighter and cheaper and quieter than
the $400 5.25" FH 64MB SCSI I bought for the BBS in 1990!  Still have that
HD.  Makes a good paperweight.  The lights dim and the power company sends a
couple trucks over whenever I spin it up, but it does still work.

"Terry Olsen" <tolsen64@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:bvq454$uvcd7$1@ID-198131.news.uni-berlin.de...
> 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.
> >
> >
>
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