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OMG huuuuge haul awaits!
....222 ?
f*cking hell
f*cking hell
8-o AWESOME 8-o
I hope you read that they were on a lower level and had to be carried up a flight of stairs to get them out of the building. 222 G3 AIO's are not going to be an easy chore to lug out of that place.
Wow. talk about alot of G3s!
I personally would have totally skipped the printers. I'm willing to bet quite a few are busted.
I personally would have totally skipped the printers. I'm willing to bet quite a few are busted.
Good exercise for you and some friends moving them. If you have a garage that is big enough to store them all and don't mind shelling out for a U-haul truck to move them (has to be close to you) then you will probably make a couple dollars selling parts on ebay over a dozen years.
I don't see them being worth shipping anytime soon, and the CRTs will cost you to dispose of "legally" sooner or later, if not now.
The school (or whatever) is smart in selling them for $50 since it would cost them a mint to dispove of them otherwise.
I don't see them being worth shipping anytime soon, and the CRTs will cost you to dispose of "legally" sooner or later, if not now.
The school (or whatever) is smart in selling them for $50 since it would cost them a mint to dispove of them otherwise.
F**k the printers.
I thought I was lucky to get 11 AIOs.
222 would be like... I don't know. I can not fathom such amounts of AIOs.
The G3 AIOs are beasts. I live in an upstairs apartment. Carrying just one up the stairs required me to sit and rest for a minute afterwards. So it took a while to get them all up.
It would be a logistical nightmare to get all of those Macs from the warehouse to wherever. You would need a huge UHaul truck, the largest they offer, and you would have to stack all the macs on top of eachother which always means the possibility of breakage. You would need storage space somewhere as no house or apartment would have enough space unless you had an entire empty bedroom, and even then it might fit only if you stacked them floor to ceiling.
It would make more sense if he offered lots of 10 or something for $10 each. He would make a little bit more money and also might get more interested people.
I thought I was lucky to get 11 AIOs.
222 would be like... I don't know. I can not fathom such amounts of AIOs.
The G3 AIOs are beasts. I live in an upstairs apartment. Carrying just one up the stairs required me to sit and rest for a minute afterwards. So it took a while to get them all up.
It would be a logistical nightmare to get all of those Macs from the warehouse to wherever. You would need a huge UHaul truck, the largest they offer, and you would have to stack all the macs on top of eachother which always means the possibility of breakage. You would need storage space somewhere as no house or apartment would have enough space unless you had an entire empty bedroom, and even then it might fit only if you stacked them floor to ceiling.
It would make more sense if he offered lots of 10 or something for $10 each. He would make a little bit more money and also might get more interested people.
Wow that's an amazing conquest! But where are you going to put them all?
I like the look of G3 AIOs but unfortunately they were never sold in the UK, and shipping one from the States would be prohibitively expensive.
I like the look of G3 AIOs but unfortunately they were never sold in the UK, and shipping one from the States would be prohibitively expensive.
I have absolutely no desire (or room) for these. Now, if they'd been Q8?0s, CCs, or any kind of G4 tower...I'd be bribing my wife to let me have some garage space again. 
Maybe you could get him to just give you one? If the lot never sells then they'll probably all be crushed or something, so at least saving one out of that would be better than nothing, and you could probably make room for one.
Imagine all the happy 68kmla users that you would make because of selling these. Sigh, I hope my school hasn't got rid of that one G3 AIO sitting in storage. I would have fished it out of the dumpster and brought it home (On the 15-20 minute walk) even if it meant a bad back and my parents cutting off my internet for a week (A week is all it takes to snap, trust me, when the cable went out for a week it was painful). Well once I leave this school I'm going to see what I can get (Performa 5200 maybe). Sigh.
If they were 950's and local I would snag them 
That's crazy, why would they cut off your internet for a week for bringing home a free computer?
That's the problem, people only want these certain desirable or fashionable models (Q950, Color Classic, 128K) and nobody cares about the common Macs. All the common Macs get crushed and eventually there's not too many left and they're all in disrepair. Some Macs are even loathed (7200). Everyone should take on a couple of the common Macs to keep them preserved.If they were 950's and local I would snag them
You have seen the list of machine under my name? I have saved plenty of machines that are not my most favorite models. But I will not save a dozen or hundred of the same type unless I want them bad enough.That's the problem, people only want these certain desirable or fashionable models (Q950, Color Classic, 128K) and nobody cares about the common Macs. All the common Macs get crushed and eventually there's not too many left and they're all in disrepair. Some Macs are even loathed (7200). Everyone should take on a couple of the common Macs to keep them preserved.If they were 950's and local I would snag them
I don't think 950's are that desirable looking at what they fetch on ebay (most likely because of the size and weight of them). I have (4) 950's and 1 AWS95, 2 of the 950's I paid for and shipped (pricey) while the rest were rescues one of them very recently.
Also one issue I have is that while people will rescue and stack up bare machines, they tend to toss everything else including driver disks, manuals, software, dongles, etc rendering plenty of cool things useless.
Those AIO's are about 60lbs each x 222=13320lbs. Pallets are 40-50 lbs.
Need at least a 8 ton truck
Need at least a 8 ton truck
I'm not saying you haven't done your share of saving (you have done quite a lot. Way to goYou have seen the list of machine under my name? I have saved plenty of machines that are not my most favorite models. But I will not save a dozen or hundred of the same type unless I want them bad enough.That's the problem, people only want these certain desirable or fashionable models (Q950, Color Classic, 128K) and nobody cares about the common Macs. All the common Macs get crushed and eventually there's not too many left and they're all in disrepair. Some Macs are even loathed (7200). Everyone should take on a couple of the common Macs to keep them preserved.If they were 950's and local I would snag them
I don't think 950's are that desirable looking at what they fetch on ebay (most likely because of the size and weight of them). I have (4) 950's and 1 AWS95, 2 of the 950's I paid for and shipped (pricey) while the rest were rescues one of them very recently.
Also one issue I have is that while people will rescue and stack up bare machines, they tend to toss everything else including driver disks, manuals, software, dongles, etc rendering plenty of cool things useless.
), and there are of course space, time limitations, etc. but still the mentality seems to be to save certain machines first above other ones.Most of what I can get comes from the school auctions which means usually pretty bland all in ones like LC 580, PowerMac 5200, etc. but I do it, space permitting, so they aren't crushed or wasted, and I know I can slowly but surely sell them off to those interested. Unfortunately I don't get the disks or manuals with those Macs since the school throws them away. I would love to get manuals, I still have all the manuals and disks and original boxes to all the Macs that our family bought new over the years, my Mom always insisted on keeping the original boxes to computers to facilitate moving.
I don't think they are palletized, the ad said they had to be carried one by one up stairs and stuff. I didn't even think of weight. The UHaul truck might carry 8000 lbs. I think. You would need two trips of the truck, it would definitely be a multi day operation unless you had a small army of people helping out.
My opinion is if 30 million C64's were made I don'e need to save them all. If nobody likes an LC I then you only need to save a few for museums. If everyone likes a IIfx and I see one on the side of the road and don't want it, I will pass it on to somebody else.
WOW!!!
*drools*
i'd stil kill for an aio
Its because "We already have enough crap in this house". By crap she means the two computers total in this house. Well that and all the crap she buys for herself. I can't seem to reason with her.
To move that kind of stuff you would need a 25' truck, which would run you about $100 a day. They are typically rated to about 35,000 lbs but they lower the GVWR to 23,000 so you can drive it with regular Class C license. I think the weight of the truck itself is about 8000. So you could get 15000 pounds in it no problem.
And your parents/wife/girlfriend/husband/boyfriend/roommate(s)/guardian/whoever won't kill you and eat you for dinner and lunch? 
200+ Quadra 950s would be enough to build a small house...those things are massive.
The only thing that would make the iMac lot even better is if they were all rare Flower Power/Blue Dalmatian ones.
I'd like to get 222 Colour Classics...
The only thing that would make the iMac lot even better is if they were all rare Flower Power/Blue Dalmatian ones.
I'd like to get 222 Colour Classics...
I just want *one* IIcx - but nobody seems to have one for sale at any price!
Wow. It would be interesting to see if anyone takes them.
Oh well I don't know about that... even the nicest partner can be swayed by 222 G3 AIO's.And your parents/wife/girlfriend/husband/boyfriend/roommate(s)/guardian/whoever won't kill you and eat you for dinner and lunch?
They could kill him. That is if they could move and weren't killed when a stack of macs fall on them. It would be better than a PC related death of using vista until you commit suicide after the 10 000th "Cancel or Allow" or "Type in an Administrator Password". My vista using friend said he would gladly go back to Windows 2k to get away from everything related to vista.