Re: Where to get used (cheap) hardware

[mag00 <mag00@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Used... hmmm!

WMU does and they keep it quiet.  I know some people
with access to the salvage lots that are auctioned in
groups with summary valuations.  Some lots are good
deals and some aren't.

There are several salvage companies listed in the "Processor"
that sell nothing but vintage.  I saw 486/33's for $30.  PI/200
were about $150.  There are two in New York that are doing
a price war on NYC corporate salvage.

I found the refurb eMachines at Computer Renaissance to be
priced at the original retail of six months ago... try this URL -
http://www.pricewatch.com for better prices on those.

National City continually has to dispose of their "legacy
hardware" and their is an accounting manager that handles
the disposals and contributions.

Another source of used PC was caused by cheap new machines
I found that the "closet inventory" of 486's is high.  I asked my
collective addressbook if they had junk stashed in their closets
that I could haul away and was overwhelmed with hardware offers.


L8r  mag00 <grin>

Ralph E Worick III
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At 12:24 PM 06/29/2000 -0400, you wrote:
>At 11:58 AM 6/29/00 -0400, you wrote:
>>computer renaissance in portage, off s.westnedge near target
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>I've found their prices for old, obsolete parts to be rather high.
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>I'm looking more for a salvage type of operation, not so consumer oriented.
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>For instance, http://acme.ecn.purdue.edu created a 16 node AMD K6/2 
>FreeBSD cluster for $3,000.  They bought NICs for $1, racks for $10, ... 
>from a place called Purdue Salvage.  That's a little far to 
>drive.  Western has to have a outlet for old hardware.  Anyone know 
>anything like that?
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