Re: Public Contact Opportunity

["Robert G. Brown" <bob@xxxxxxx>]

Ryan Matteson <x96matteson@wmich.edu> wrote:
>I am just curious are they selling computer parts there??
The "Computer Sale" is a group of merchants, who travel round the upper
midwest. In Southern Michigan, a single booking agent reserves places for
these merchants to peddle their wares. 

They sell EVERYTHING(new, used and refurbished) you can think of at these
sales, from single RJ11 connectors up through complete multi-station networks 
sporting dual processors complete with real time conferencing, fiber optics 
and a 5 speed overdrive transmission with a racing clutch that will leave a
Porsche in the dust.

>Or is it an auction or something similar?
This is NOT an auction... it's more like a bazaar. This is a gaggle of 
independent merchants (maybe more than a gaggle... does anyone know how many
merchants constitute a gaggle?); you're free to haggle with any of them, over 
anything, but in general, proces are fairly firm.

>Let me know....Depending on if I have to work I might be able to bring my
>box as long as no modifications are made to it...
No modifications required.  It would be nice if we had a box running 
somthing with a Win95 L&F, so we could give people a reference point, but
hardly needed.... switching between window managers (especially with X
tasks continuing to run) will give them the idea.

Let me know what your work schedule is, and we'll see. I'll talk to these
folks tomorrow.

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