boing wrote:
Blessed are the dumpster-divers for they keep usable stuff out of the wastestream.
Gotta agree with that. I was taking out the trash at my apartment a couple of years ago and found a Yamaha MIDI keyboard, a Sony Trinitron 17" CRT, and some other computer bits (keyboard, mouse, floppies, etc.). The monitor still works perfectly (and is in use in my garage/lab). The keyboard went to a musician friend, I could have sold it though. I saw the same model on eBay missing the battery cover, but in similar condition, go for $109!!!
My latest score: A mint (I MEAN MINT!) condition IBM PS/2, monitor, keyboard, mouse, everything (except the box). Now, I'm not an IBM collector but this thing is so cherry I had to grab it just to play Zork!
