New, Used and hard-to find parts

[Aero]

Greetings!

Just joined this community recently....I've been working on computers since DOS was the OS so I've accumilated a few parts over the years. If you are looking for something, send me a pm and I'll see if I can help you out.

BBD

what kind of stuff ya got? I might want to buy a few things off ya, I love getting a hold of old computer's.

[bigbaddog]

what kind of stuff ya got? I might want to buy a few things off ya, I love getting a hold of old computer's.

Well...the stuff varies so it would be easier if I knew what you were looking for. Many times I have reduced my inventory to make room for more stuff, so some of the older stuff has to go-thrown out or dismantled for parts or sold on eBay in lots. I recently sold 25 3.5" floppy drives for 6.00 (plus 8.00 shipping), 20 2GB 50 pin SCSI drives for 20.00 + shipping & about 10 pounds of Pentium Pro processors (for gold recovery). If you're interested in a particular item, please PM or e-mail me. If I don't have it right now I will keep an eye out for it.

[xmastree]

I love getting a hold of old computer's.

I just got hold of a Compaq 386/25 in a huge heavy case. Boy, that thing is really built!
Anyway, I'm going to strip out the internals and fit something hot in there.

Heh, I was about to say see my Stealth or Pimp thread in the ideas forum to help me decide what to do...

but I see you already voted

[jdbnsn]

Yeah, it's boulder city. I saw it on the History channel and the caretaker wears clothes loking like Hamlet. It's hilarious! I think you're right that it's called Digibarn, and it really is in a barn!

[Cevinzol]

My first machine was an atari 800xl (go go 6502 micro processor) with a Rana Systems 100 DOUBLE speed HIGH density external FDD. I'm also a recovering pack rat so in a fit of pique I threw out all my old stuff (to make room for NEW old stuff - lol)

Quote:

If they ever open a PC musuem, I can supply them

Someone should

Already done... a bunch of times
www.computer-museum.org
pc-museum.com/
ETC. just google "PC museum"

[bigbaddog]

I can say the same Need a giant 10mb 5.25 hard drive? How about a 20mb drive? Have about 10 of them. Some SCSI 1.2 gig drives. And a 5mb HD on a ISA card. All still working. Or a whole bunch of ISA cards? I even still have an old ISA Adlib that works. Just keep throwing them in boxes and NEVER seem to throw any away with each upgrade. If they ever open a PC musuem, I can supply them

Ah yes,memories of the good ole' days...I remember my first "real" computer (IBM PC clone). Check out these specs-

Processor-IBM 286
Memory- Whopping 1MB (most had 640k)
Video-13" Green Screen (VESA, I think)
40 MB Conner harddrive (I current rig has 25 times more memory that this hard drive capacity )
Wyse keyboard-Had a RJ-11 type plug from keyboard to tower
2-5.25 360k Floppy Drives
DOS 3.3
NO MOUSE
Wide Carriage Okiedata Dot Matrix Printer
Price-3600.00

When I got my first Windows95 rig I donated this one to charity. Got a 100.00 voucher for taxes.

Those were the days.

[MDCS]

Ah yes,memories of the good ole' days...I remember my first "real" computer (IBM PC clone). Check out these specs-

Processor-IBM 286
Memory- Whopping 1MB (most had 640k)
Video-13" Green Screen (VESA, I think)
40 MB Conner harddrive (I current rig has 25 times more memory that this hard drive capacity )
Wyse keyboard-Had a RJ-11 type plug from keyboard to tower
2-5.25 360k Floppy Drives
DOS 3.3
NO MOUSE
Wide Carriage Okiedata Dot Matrix Printer
Price-3600.00

When I got my first Windows95 rig I donated this one to charity. Got a 100.00 voucher for taxes.

Those were the days.

I had a 286 (12 mhz). It was my 4th PC. And a few 386s, 2, 486s, then a Pentium, and about 15 since then (Intel & AMD). My second PC after the Timex was a Commodore then an Amstrad (I think 4mhz).

[Cevinzol]

Does anyone remember the Gorilla Banna printer sold through DAK Industries?
My friend got one of those and I gave him no end of greif because it was an 8 pin printer. Yup they were so cheap they couldn't spring for that 9th pin, instead they shifted any character like g,j,p,q, etc up one row.
MaDe tHe PrInT LoOk KiNdA LiKe DoOd SpEaK.

[therealjoe]

have you got any huge harddrives or anythin you could fit a computer in ??