So I bought an abandoned Storage unit in Paradise, CA - Tons of vinage computer stuff was inside.
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Just the highlights here.
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Amazing find.
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Dude, a TI-99 and a TRS-80.... My childhood...
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I've never actually used either TBH. I came up on IBM and IBM clones.
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@JaredBusch said in So I bought an abandoned Storage unit in Paradise, CA - Tons of vinage computer stuff was inside.:
Dude, a TI-99 and a TRS-80.... My childhood...
TI-99 and Vic-20 for me.
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Someone should build a badass gaming rig inside one of those ancient cases.
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@jrc said in So I bought an abandoned Storage unit in Paradise, CA - Tons of vinage computer stuff was inside.:
I've never actually used either TBH. I came up on IBM and IBM clones.
Ditto, 486DX2!
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I had the TRS-80, my friend had the TI-99. Another friend has the C-64
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5160 for me, but I did step through all the others (286, 386, 486 etc)
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Yeah, the idea of a AMD Ryzen rig with a GeForce GTX1080 built into one of those roundish terminals is interesting.
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@jrc said in So I bought an abandoned Storage unit in Paradise, CA - Tons of vinage computer stuff was inside.:
Yeah, the idea of a AMD Ryzen rig with a GeForce GTX1080 built into one of those roundish terminals is interesting.
As long as it remains filthy beige on the outside.
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Shit, an old ass Honeywell mini. That's something you don't see every day.
If you were closer, I would take that one off your hands for $10. Shipping on that monster would cost a fortune, not worth it to come back to Texas. With the number of dumb terminals, there might be some other mini/mainframe stuff in there. But that's very niche and not worth a lot.
Most of the other stuff is cleanable and sellable. The TI-99/4a, TRS-80 and VIC20 are easy money. The PS/2 stuff, not so much.
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@PSX_Defector said in So I bought an abandoned Storage unit in Paradise, CA - Tons of vinage computer stuff was inside.:
The PS/2 stuff, not so much.
Actually I have pretty much sold all 3 of them. Surprisingly they are very popular machines.
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@PSX_Defector said in So I bought an abandoned Storage unit in Paradise, CA - Tons of vinage computer stuff was inside.:
Shit, an old ass Honeywell mini. That's something you don't see every day.
If you were closer, I would take that one off your hands for $10. Shipping on that monster would cost a fortune, not worth it to come back to Texas. With the number of dumb terminals, there might be some other mini/mainframe stuff in there. But that's very niche and not worth a lot.
Most of the other stuff is cleanable and sellable. The TI-99/4a, TRS-80 and VIC20 are easy money. The PS/2 stuff, not so much.
That PS/2 was the first computers in the computer lab in school. Ah, the memories of good old DOS, Netware Server, and that coax 10BASE2.
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I wonder how much $$$$ the guy paid for storage...
$60 a month x 12 x 20 =$14400
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Was that the ti 99 and the xt expansion unit? That was my first "PC"
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Wow awesome find!
Brings back many memories!
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I wish that I had room for like half of that stuff!
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@Harry-Lui said in So I bought an abandoned Storage unit in Paradise, CA - Tons of vinage computer stuff was inside.:
I wonder how much $$$$ the guy paid for storage...
$60 a month x 12 x 20 =$14400
I think the problem was that he didn't pay, hence the OP's buyout
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@Tim_G said in So I bought an abandoned Storage unit in Paradise, CA - Tons of vinage computer stuff was inside.:
@Harry-Lui said in So I bought an abandoned Storage unit in Paradise, CA - Tons of vinage computer stuff was inside.:
I wonder how much $$$$ the guy paid for storage...
$60 a month x 12 x 20 =$14400
I think the problem was that he didn't pay, hence the OP's buyout
I doubt no payment for 20 years. Probably just this year, owner probably kicked the bucket.
