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| Casting4Christ:
--- Quote from: arcadegamenut on June 09, 2006, 08:44:04 pm ---Whenever I've looked for stuff at the Goodwill's in Columbus, I don't find anything. You have to be lucky around here and catch it just as they are putting it out on the shelf. --- End quote --- I think the places we are talkingabout aren't the actual Goodwills. Goodwill has a seperate store just for computer stuff. I belive it call Goodwill Computer Works |
| gonzobrian:
Hey RickDIII thanks for the heads up. I just received two 128mb sticks of RAM for $1 each from the Austin TX Goodwillcomputerworks. They sell on ebay. Total cost $4. Now thats a deal. |
| Crowquill:
We don't have any of the fancy Goodwill computer stores around here. Everything I've bought was at a "normal" thrift store. The small strip-mall stores rarely have much. It's ALWAYS hit-or-miss, but the odds are better at the larger warehouse-like stores. Many times they'll even have a section of computer stuff (near the other electronics and TVs). ---A FEW TIPS--- Be prepared to do some searching though, as pieces are rarely together, and a lot of equipment uses proprietary cables and power supplies. A lot of times extra power supplies end up in the "housewares" area and near the giant stacks of cordless phones and answering machines. Also with power supplies, compare output voltages and you might find an adapter that would work even if you can't find the original. A $5 laser-printer isn't as great when you find out it uses an $85 toner cartridge. If you can find a computer that won't power on or doesn't have an OS, I usually mention that and get a discount. It's usually an easy fix or it becomes a "box of parts". About a year ago I bought an original iMac for $40 that just needed a system re-installed on it. Newer-looking cases usually go for more even if they were made in 1995. I also have Mac OS 6-9 and Windows 95-ME on CD that I've picked up as loose discs at thrift stores. Software many times is in the same place as the Music CDs. Sometimes you can find some decent PC games too. These days with the internet, you can download the driver to most anything you find, unless the company has gone out of business. Test any monitor and try to test it for a few minutes so that it can warm up. Sometimes computers are worth it just for parts. If they'll let you open up the computers all the better. They probably won't though. Be wary that you may end up like I did with a garage full of equipment waiting for a use. Just yesterday I bought one of these from a Salvation Army: http://www.compusa.com/products/product_info.asp?product_code=50046403&pfp=BROWSE The one I picked up is the iTView Gold (iMac blue version) and was missing the software disc. I'm thinking I can use the SCART out to connect to an arcade monitor. It was $9.99 new in the box. |
| Crowquill:
I forgot to mention that once I saw an upright arcade game at St. Vincent's. It was "spot". Unfortunately it was sold when I found it. The only thing that kept me from being upset about it was the ugly green cabinet. http://www.klov.com/game_detail.php?letter=&game_id=9736 I also remember reading somewhere that someone bought a non-working cabinet that had (I think) 1942 in it. You never know what you'll find. I guess that's to be expected when you're dealing with the charity of others. Or companies looking for a tax write-off. |
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