First post, by Alphakilo470
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Earlier today, I met up with an older man who had a crazy stockpile of vintage hardware from Pentium times and before. Picked up a few hard drives, some cache chips for my Gateway 2000 computer, a 4mb Compaq PCI video card with a Matrox chipset and an IBM Model M keyboard.
I'll probably keep in touch with the guy; he seemed quite knowledgeable with anything from before the Pentium days (though if you talk about the internet or anything made after the late 90s, he'll stare at you with a befuddled look) and managed to provide some good conversation. For some reason, it appears the majority of his stockpile is old 72-pin and 1mb SIMMS (most of the 72 pin modules looked to be for the IBM PS/2 series; they'll fit in a newer Pentium or 486 box but probably won't work), MFM hard drives and IBM Model M keyboards. He also has tons of video cards; PCI, VLB, ISA and I wouldn't be surprised if he had an EISA card or two. He also has a stockpile of DIPP style memory chips. Place was really like a toy store for me.
Anyways, he says he's not into computers as much these days and wouldn't mind selling off a bunch of stuff. With that in mind, anyone who can cover a few dollars for him + shipping and gas (he's a good 45 minute drive from me), let me know if you need any parts. I think the only thing he's really short on is monitors, cases and power supplies but those can typically be found locally for cheaper than they'd cost to ship. I also don't think he has many, if any motherboards.
