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Thank god for Schools
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That's pretty sweet. Now you should check with the computer lab and see if they are dumping the IIgs and LaserWriter. Maybe they'll have some IIe's
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Nice find - save the stuff from the landfill.
All very collectible.
A school dumpster is where I saved my IIfx from...
All very collectible.
A school dumpster is where I saved my IIfx from...
Nice! Usually the software and manuals are the hardest things to find after a few years (at least in my case).
In Illinois, apparently it's against the rules for schools to sell old computer equipment. Therefore, they sometimes give it away. I got my snow iMac G3 for free this way. Luckily it didn't end up in a dumpster first.
In Illinois, apparently it's against the rules for schools to sell old computer equipment. Therefore, they sometimes give it away. I got my snow iMac G3 for free this way. Luckily it didn't end up in a dumpster first.
how much i wish my school used mac's on a side note one of my teachers gave me some 5½ inch floppies with some software for the old bbc computers on them, with manuals too
on a side note one of my teachers gave me some 5½ inch floppies with some software for the old bbc computers on them, with manuals too
Here's a sad tale:
I am an EDU tech director. One year, I think it was 1999 or 2000, we got a large shipment of iMacs in. They were Rev 2 I think, not the original. Each of the 250 iMac boxes held a complete set of the Think Different posters. They were the smaller ones, not tubed but in large paper envelopes.
I had them placed in the recycle bin.
I am an EDU tech director. One year, I think it was 1999 or 2000, we got a large shipment of iMacs in. They were Rev 2 I think, not the original. Each of the 250 iMac boxes held a complete set of the Think Different posters. They were the smaller ones, not tubed but in large paper envelopes.
I had them placed in the recycle bin.
*sadtimes* - Thats terrible, bet you wish youd kept them, you couldve made a pretty penny selling that lot now
Jackpot!
Like the time I discovered two PowerMac G4s in a dumpster outside a highschool... Both worked flawlessly.
Like the time I discovered two PowerMac G4s in a dumpster outside a highschool... Both worked flawlessly.
A couple months back my school replaced the thirty or so emacs with pcs. Some guys were hauling em' out along with old 22 inch cinema displays and some other apple branded computers that I can't name. They looked professional but I knew there was something fishy going on...
Used to have a G3 and G4; recycled them after two hard drive fails in the G4 and one in the G3. All I have left is a dying G5.
Used to have a G3 and G4; recycled them after two hard drive fails in the G4 and one in the G3. All I have left is a dying G5.
Man, I'd love to have that QT kit and a copy of AppleWorks GS. I'm running the old Apple II version of AppleWorks on my IIgs.
Nice software haul - I think the AppleWorks GS copy is the best part. I actually met the author of the Communication element of AWGS a few weeks back at an event... interesting guy.
Do you have any idea how much this stuff is worth because I sure Don't
That is very cool
Looks like you made out a lot better than me congrats
That's pretty sweet. Now you should check with the computer lab and see if they are dumping the IIgs and LaserWriter. Maybe they'll have some IIe's
One of my teachers had an Apple IIe that he said he used up until 5 or 6 years ago.