[SunRescue] (way OT): Pallets

Wed Jan 3 15:00:07 CST 2001

ss1000 or 10K  ??

--- "Hatle, Steven J." <shatle at vue.com> wrote:
> Aye,
> 
> And I want to master wanting a SS1000.  .  . <grin>
> 
> Steve
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mike Hebel [mailto:drone8of9 at crosswinds.net]
> Sent: Wednesday, January 03, 2001 2:20 PM
> To: rescue at sunhelp.org
> Subject: RE: [SunRescue] (way OT): Pallets
> 
> 
> 	Not to take the list metaphysical but I think
> people have much more
> power
> over this sort of thing than they think.
> 
> 	For me it depends on how weird the equipment is. 
> For instance I've
> always
> wanted a mainframe style computer - more for
> nostalgia than anything else -
> but it took a long time before I could pull one of
> those in without paying
> an arm and a leg for it.  In the end I paid gas
> money/hotel charges only.
> 
> 	I think it varies from person to person.  I tend to
> focus on weird
> stuff so
> I have managed to learn where to "pull" to get it. 
> It all depends on what
> you want.  I decided that I wanted to play with
> Macs, I pulled a little in
> that direction and got Macs.
> 
> 	You get what you want but only if you truly want
> it.
> 
> 	*sigh* I just wish I could master wanting a winning
> lottery ticket
> bad
> enough. ;-)
> 
> Mike Hebel
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: rescue-admin at sunhelp.org
> [mailto:rescue-admin at sunhelp.org]On
> Behalf Of Mike Turner
> Sent: Wednesday, January 03, 2001 2:07 PM
> To: rescue at sunhelp.org
> Subject: RE: [SunRescue] (way OT): Pallets
> 
> 
> 
> 	Mike's line about "You just have to keep your
> feelers out there and
> draw things to you." got me to thinking , has anyone
> else noticed that you
> do not seem to get stuff given to you until you have
> gotten one by other
> means?
> 	 For example I forever wanted to get into SCSI for
> my PCs but did
> not want to incur the cost of buying a card and
> drives ETC. I got a chance
> to get both a card and a burner for some work I did
> as payment and I took
> it. Ever since then SCSI stuff just falls into my
> lap, Card, drives, etc. No
> end of the stuff in sight. Has anyone else
> expereinced this having to "prime
> the pump" before stuff is given to them? or is this
> just some weird thing
> about me?
> 
> 
> 	Michael A. Turner
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mike Hebel [mailto:drone8of9 at crosswinds.net]
> Sent: Wednesday, January 03, 2001 11:52 AM
> To: rescue at sunhelp.org
> Subject: RE: [SunRescue] (way OT): Pallets
> 
> 
> True most of us work in the IT field and get
> cast-offs but a big part of
> most of the equipment I get is just keeping my ears
> open.  I only rarely buy
> things.
> 
> For instance - how I got the Macs, an Alpha, quite a
> few VT terminals, as
> well as some other stuff:
> I was helping a good friend of mine with his system
> at home and happened to
> mention to his father that I was a packrat at heart.
>  His eyes lit up and
> said "We're throwing some stuff out at work want to
> stop buy and take a look
> at it?".  Now even had I not worked in the IT field
> he probably would have
> said this because he knows how much of a computer
> enthusiast I am.
> Regardless my friend and I went to his office with
> my friend's pickup and
> basically reduced a 30 foot diameter pile of
> equipment to 1/3 it's size by
> the time we were done.  Thus I ended up with 6
> Quadra(s) of various types
> and 6 Mac SE(s) of various types as well as quite a
> few more pieces of
> equipment.  (I even got a couple of easily repaired
> chairs for my home
> office.)
> 
> You just have to keep your feelers out there and
> draw things to you.
> 
> "What we don't have we'll make.  What we can't make
> we'll borrow.  What we
> can't borrow we'll steal." - Honor Harrington, On
> Basilisk Station.
> 
> As for the Mac I'm not interested unless it's PPC in
> nature.  (I have far
> too many 68K Macs.)
> ;-)
> 
> Mike Hebel
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: rescue-admin at sunhelp.org
> [mailto:rescue-admin at sunhelp.org]On
> Behalf Of Chad Fernandez
> Sent: Wednesday, January 03, 2001 10:37 AM
> To: rescue at sunhelp.org
> Subject: Re: [SunRescue] (way OT): Pallets
> 
> 
> Mike,
> 
> I am just suprised at the speed.  I am a pack rat,
> and I do have way to
> much stuff.  I am trying to get rid of stuff..... to
> make room for more
> :-)  I guess I just take longer to accumulate it. 
> Part of it is because
> I don't work in the computer field, so I can't get
> company cast-offs
> like a lot of you can on the list.  I have to rely
> on Goodwill amd
> Ebay.  Most of my stuff is PC related, although I
> have a bunch of
> Apple// stuff too.  Fortunetly, I managed to get the
> Apple// stuff down
> to a level I am happy with.  My PS/2 collection has
> grown a little
> recently, However.
> 
> You want another Mac.... I have one I'll sell you
> cheap :-)
> 
> Chad Fernandez
> Michigan, USA
> 
> Mike Hebel wrote:
> >
> > I can tell your addiction hasn't caught hold yet!
> ;-)
> >
> > Some times it just happens:  I'm a PC/SPARC guy,
> why do I have a dozen or
> so
> > different 68K Macs?  Like I said - sometimes it
> just happens.
> >
> > Mike Hebel
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