I haven't been following the Computer Reset story too deeply. I know LGR and i think 8BitGuy got a tour of the place. Wasn't it generally closed off to everyone but a small number of collectors in the end?
I bet there's some treasure in there but I also see some weird stuff like the stacks and stacks of hard drive platters.
aka pete4237.5
pete8475 wrote on 2022-04-20, 03:43:I bet there's some treasure in there but I also see some weird stuff like the stacks and stacks of hard drive platters.
*Deep inside one of those dusty bins: An entire missing shipment of GUS cards*
Surely most of that is just commercial recycling fare - lot of repeat items and a pile of old servers.
FioGermi wrote on 2022-04-20, 03:07:I haven't been following the Computer Reset story too deeply. I know LGR and i think 8BitGuy got a tour of the place. Wasn't it generally closed off to everyone but a small number of collectors in the end?
I believe anyone could get an appointment to walk through the place and buy whatever they found.
FioGermi wrote on 2022-04-20, 04:04:pete8475 wrote on 2022-04-20, 03:43:I bet there's some treasure in there but I also see some weird stuff like the stacks and stacks of hard drive platters.
*Deep inside one of those dusty bins: An entire missing shipment of GUS cards*
🤣
Voodoo 5500s?
IBM Enhanced Keyboard?
I like jumpers.
Cuttoon wrote on 2022-04-20, 13:24:lol […]
FioGermi wrote on 2022-04-20, 04:04:pete8475 wrote on 2022-04-20, 03:43:I bet there's some treasure in there but I also see some weird stuff like the stacks and stacks of hard drive platters.
*Deep inside one of those dusty bins: An entire missing shipment of GUS cards*
🤣
Voodoo 5500s?
IBM Enhanced Keyboard?
100 old networking cards ...? 🙁
gerry wrote on 2022-04-20, 13:49:Cuttoon wrote on 2022-04-20, 13:24:lol […]
FioGermi wrote on 2022-04-20, 04:04:*Deep inside one of those dusty bins: An entire missing shipment of GUS cards*
🤣
Voodoo 5500s?
IBM Enhanced Keyboard?
100 old networking cards ...? 🙁
Oh well, have you priced those lately?
Just in case, we're still looking for the Amber Room!
I like jumpers.
I'm sure all the best stuff (GUS/Voodoo cards and the like) has been picked out already.
"This all reminds me when i took the windows vista sticker thingy off my old laptop, and on my washing machine as a joke. A few days later said washing machine stopped working. I still think this cannot be a coincidence."
Do we know what refurbishing business hauled away what was left in the warehouse?
Free Geek Twin Cities - https://www.freegeektwincities.org/
I never made it to CR, but my housemate would have (rightfully!) been... displeased... if I went from CA, let alone pick up half as much stuff. But I think 3-4 of each era someone's interested in makes sense, especially given the conditions in the warehouse where just one of something can't be expected to work!
IMO's:
- I could go for some PPro hardware myself, but at CR and not eBay prices 😉
- You can hoard more SFF's and thin clients than desktops.
- I'm pretty sure none of that rack HW would be considered usable by most of r/homelab.
- Old HD's are generally ewaste unless you're looking to data mine them or something, or really want to be period-appropriate, and in that case they don't have nearly enough of the next item:
- Good quality CRT's are going to be increasingly difficult to find in the wild.
happycube wrote on 2022-04-21, 14:45:Free Geek Twin Cities - https://www.freegeektwincities.org/ […]
Free Geek Twin Cities - https://www.freegeektwincities.org/
I never made it to CR, but my housemate would have (rightfully!) been... displeased... if I went from CA, let alone pick up half as much stuff. But I think 3-4 of each era someone's interested in makes sense, especially given the conditions in the warehouse where just one of something can't be expected to work!
IMO's:
- I could go for some PPro hardware myself, but at CR and not eBay prices 😉
- You can hoard more SFF's and thin clients than desktops.
- I'm pretty sure none of that rack HW would be considered usable by most of r/homelab.
- Old HD's are generally ewaste unless you're looking to data mine them or something, or really want to be period-appropriate, and in that case they don't have nearly enough of the next item:
- Good quality CRT's are going to be increasingly difficult to find in the wild.
No way, Free Geek Twin Cities got this stuff? I might have to find out where this place is.
Looks like my garage too.
You guys are too funny 😀
eesz34 wrote on 2022-04-20, 12:28:I believe anyone could get an appointment to walk through the place and buy whatever they found.
Afaik they sold you a ticket for $200 and you could take as much as you could carry.
So this guy rented a truck, stuffed it with hardware and is now trying to make more than $9000 profit.
Shame on this person!
RaiderOfLostVoodoo wrote on 2022-04-22, 01:28:Afaik they sold you a ticket for $200 and you could take as much as you could carry. So this guy rented a truck, stuffed it with […]
eesz34 wrote on 2022-04-20, 12:28:I believe anyone could get an appointment to walk through the place and buy whatever they found.
Afaik they sold you a ticket for $200 and you could take as much as you could carry.
So this guy rented a truck, stuffed it with hardware and is now trying to make more than $9000 profit.
Shame on this person!
my guess is that it won't sell, at least not for listed price but maybe for a lower offer
if he did get a truck full for $200 and the seller was ok with that then i suppose its ok
Now is my cynicism's time to shine!
Someone went into Computer Reset and made out with a literal lorry load of computers knowing that they could flip 99% of it in a year's time when CR was closing up properly or all the good stuff is gone. It's like scalping PS5s but for PS/2s HAHAHA christ I'm lonely
