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Goodwill Computers
RickDIII:
Not sure how common these are in the larger cities, but just found out we have one here. Most people are familiar with the Goodwill stores that collect donations, but they also have Goodwill Computers. These places take all the old pc's, game systems, etc.
I scored a 21" trinitron flat screen crt for use in my mame box for $45. Works great. The complete pc's seemed a little pricey (ie. $170 for a 1.5mhtz). They also had a pile of old game systems, controllers, etc. For example a PS1 or Nintendo 64 went for <$10.00. They had stacks of HDs, network cards, ram, etc.
Just thought I'd mention it as many of us try to be frugal - or even downright cheap!
Thanks,
Rick
cbmeeks:
I thought about that myself. I usually only see 17" monitors though and I have some of those.
I wonder how big of a monitor (CRT) I could put into a Twin Eagle cab?
RickDIII:
--- Quote from: cbmeeks on June 05, 2006, 01:59:33 pm ---I thought about that myself. I usually only see 17" monitors though and I have some of those.
--- End quote ---
They had 5 21" monitors today only one of which was the nice trinitron. All the others were priced at $39.99, but the trinitron was $44.99 more...I know, I shouldn't splurge like that...but what can you do...
:cheers:
hnugz:
interesting, never heard of this. i know there are plenty of goodwill places aroun dallas but havent seen a goodwill computer one. ill have to look into it.
lokki:
In austin we have one called computerworks. They even have a museum of old computers.
https://www.austincomputerworks.org/museum/index.html