[geeks] Needed: PC com port adapter, motherboard -> backplate

[Lionel Peterson]

>From: Charles Shannon Hendrix <shannon at widomaker.com>
>Date: 2007/04/29 Sun PM 04:13:31 CDT
>To: The Geeks List <geeks at sunhelp.org>
>Subject: Re: [geeks] Needed: PC com port adapter, motherboard ->   backplate

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>I could get what I want at the next computer show I guess. Just hate
>paying to go there: computer shows just suck any more.

Yes, shows do suck - I just came back from TCF, and I (honestly) have a very 
low "gotta have it" threshold, and ALL I bought the first day was a turkey 
sandwich in the student center.

On the second day, I brought my 10 year-old son and we got two $1 stretch yo-
yos.

I decided that while these shows used to be great resources for odd bits, 
these days folks with odd bits sell them on ebay, and don't bother going to 
the computer shows/flea markets. TCF used to be great, now not so much...

(It's not about what I was able to sell or not sell, I just didn't see anyone 
actually sell much of anything this past weekend.)

Later today I'll post a list of the various G3 computers I have left (2x G3 
towers, 3x iMacs) - the three G4s I had all sold quickly, nothing else 
generated any real interest.

One thing I also noticed is that there seems to be a arge population that 
thinks *somebody* wants their old PII computer - I say some with prices up to 
$85 for a PII with very midling specs (like 300 MHz, 128 Meg RAM, 10 gig HD, 
etc)... Of course, they got to take those systems home with them...

Lionel