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OMG huuuuge haul awaits!
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8-o AWESOME 8-o
Good exercise for you and some friends moving them. If you have a garage that is big enough to store them all and don't mind shelling out for a U-haul truck to move them (has to be close to you) then you will probably make a couple dollars selling parts on ebay over a dozen years.
I don't see them being worth shipping anytime soon, and the CRTs will cost you to dispose of "legally" sooner or later, if not now.
The school (or whatever) is smart in selling them for $50 since it would cost them a mint to dispove of them otherwise.
I don't see them being worth shipping anytime soon, and the CRTs will cost you to dispose of "legally" sooner or later, if not now.
The school (or whatever) is smart in selling them for $50 since it would cost them a mint to dispove of them otherwise.
F**k the printers.
I thought I was lucky to get 11 AIOs.
222 would be like... I don't know. I can not fathom such amounts of AIOs.
The G3 AIOs are beasts. I live in an upstairs apartment. Carrying just one up the stairs required me to sit and rest for a minute afterwards. So it took a while to get them all up.
It would be a logistical nightmare to get all of those Macs from the warehouse to wherever. You would need a huge UHaul truck, the largest they offer, and you would have to stack all the macs on top of eachother which always means the possibility of breakage. You would need storage space somewhere as no house or apartment would have enough space unless you had an entire empty bedroom, and even then it might fit only if you stacked them floor to ceiling.
It would make more sense if he offered lots of 10 or something for $10 each. He would make a little bit more money and also might get more interested people.
I thought I was lucky to get 11 AIOs.
222 would be like... I don't know. I can not fathom such amounts of AIOs.
The G3 AIOs are beasts. I live in an upstairs apartment. Carrying just one up the stairs required me to sit and rest for a minute afterwards. So it took a while to get them all up.
It would be a logistical nightmare to get all of those Macs from the warehouse to wherever. You would need a huge UHaul truck, the largest they offer, and you would have to stack all the macs on top of eachother which always means the possibility of breakage. You would need storage space somewhere as no house or apartment would have enough space unless you had an entire empty bedroom, and even then it might fit only if you stacked them floor to ceiling.
It would make more sense if he offered lots of 10 or something for $10 each. He would make a little bit more money and also might get more interested people.
I have absolutely no desire (or room) for these. Now, if they'd been Q8?0s, CCs, or any kind of G4 tower...I'd be bribing my wife to let me have some garage space again. 
Maybe you could get him to just give you one? If the lot never sells then they'll probably all be crushed or something, so at least saving one out of that would be better than nothing, and you could probably make room for one.
Imagine all the happy 68kmla users that you would make because of selling these. Sigh, I hope my school hasn't got rid of that one G3 AIO sitting in storage. I would have fished it out of the dumpster and brought it home (On the 15-20 minute walk) even if it meant a bad back and my parents cutting off my internet for a week (A week is all it takes to snap, trust me, when the cable went out for a week it was painful). Well once I leave this school I'm going to see what I can get (Performa 5200 maybe). Sigh.
That's crazy, why would they cut off your internet for a week for bringing home a free computer?
That's the problem, people only want these certain desirable or fashionable models (Q950, Color Classic, 128K) and nobody cares about the common Macs. All the common Macs get crushed and eventually there's not too many left and they're all in disrepair. Some Macs are even loathed (7200). Everyone should take on a couple of the common Macs to keep them preserved.If they were 950's and local I would snag them
You have seen the list of machine under my name? I have saved plenty of machines that are not my most favorite models. But I will not save a dozen or hundred of the same type unless I want them bad enough.That's the problem, people only want these certain desirable or fashionable models (Q950, Color Classic, 128K) and nobody cares about the common Macs. All the common Macs get crushed and eventually there's not too many left and they're all in disrepair. Some Macs are even loathed (7200). Everyone should take on a couple of the common Macs to keep them preserved.If they were 950's and local I would snag them
I don't think 950's are that desirable looking at what they fetch on ebay (most likely because of the size and weight of them). I have (4) 950's and 1 AWS95, 2 of the 950's I paid for and shipped (pricey) while the rest were rescues one of them very recently.
Also one issue I have is that while people will rescue and stack up bare machines, they tend to toss everything else including driver disks, manuals, software, dongles, etc rendering plenty of cool things useless.
Those AIO's are about 60lbs each x 222=13320lbs. Pallets are 40-50 lbs.
Need at least a 8 ton truck
Need at least a 8 ton truck
I'm not saying you haven't done your share of saving (you have done quite a lot. Way to goYou have seen the list of machine under my name? I have saved plenty of machines that are not my most favorite models. But I will not save a dozen or hundred of the same type unless I want them bad enough.That's the problem, people only want these certain desirable or fashionable models (Q950, Color Classic, 128K) and nobody cares about the common Macs. All the common Macs get crushed and eventually there's not too many left and they're all in disrepair. Some Macs are even loathed (7200). Everyone should take on a couple of the common Macs to keep them preserved.If they were 950's and local I would snag them
I don't think 950's are that desirable looking at what they fetch on ebay (most likely because of the size and weight of them). I have (4) 950's and 1 AWS95, 2 of the 950's I paid for and shipped (pricey) while the rest were rescues one of them very recently.
Also one issue I have is that while people will rescue and stack up bare machines, they tend to toss everything else including driver disks, manuals, software, dongles, etc rendering plenty of cool things useless.
), and there are of course space, time limitations, etc. but still the mentality seems to be to save certain machines first above other ones.Most of what I can get comes from the school auctions which means usually pretty bland all in ones like LC 580, PowerMac 5200, etc. but I do it, space permitting, so they aren't crushed or wasted, and I know I can slowly but surely sell them off to those interested. Unfortunately I don't get the disks or manuals with those Macs since the school throws them away. I would love to get manuals, I still have all the manuals and disks and original boxes to all the Macs that our family bought new over the years, my Mom always insisted on keeping the original boxes to computers to facilitate moving.
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I don't think they are palletized, the ad said they had to be carried one by one up stairs and stuff. I didn't even think of weight. The UHaul truck might carry 8000 lbs. I think. You would need two trips of the truck, it would definitely be a multi day operation unless you had a small army of people helping out.
