Suggestions on other places to sell PC parts?

[Wade]

I have a bunch of nearly worthless stuff, including about 40 brand new (boxed) external 28.8k modems.  I really don't want to throw the stuff away but I haven't had any luck on ebay so far.  

Can some of you suggest some hardware selling/swapping forums or something similar?  There must be someone out there interested in some of this old stuff.

Wade

[MameFan]

For 28.8K's --- I'd donate to a thrift store and take a tax credit of "fair market value" on it (do some research and have backup just in case you're audited).  Getting 15-37% (depending on your tax bracket) of market value is worth it just to dump em to somewhere that can use the money.

Or you could try rummage/garage sales, but I wouldn't put more than $3 or so on them, $5 if new in box at MOST.  You may get some takers.

Most sales I see either have old PC crap marked $10-$30 a board, or 50 cents to $1 a board.  Guess which usually sells and which doesnt?

[hevnsnt]

http://forums.anandtech.com   the worlds best fs/ft forum

[anthony691]

What else you got?  


Sad about those modems... people are so ignorant, by where I live out (in the Chicgao burbs) no phone lines can actually dialup at 56K; 28.8 for me, even though my modem is 56k

[Wade]

Thanks for the tips.  I hadn't really thought about writing them off.  I guess as a last resort I may do that.  I might get more value out of them that way, but I would still rather find a use for them.  I have a feeling that giving them to a thrift store would be very similar to throwing them away.

What else do I have...  mostly junk.  But a lot of junk that works.  And I see the value in some of these parts.  I remember when I paid a couple hundred extra on a $2000 computer in order to have a VESA local bus and local bus graphics card.

I have several 486 and pentium CPUs.  A few VESA cards.  Lots of ISA network cards.  A couple of pentium and 486 momboards.  4 or 5 geniune creative soundblaster cards.  Stuff like that.

I have been keeping this stuff because I do contract work for a company that has remote computers in different cities that dialin automatically each night and upload information.  Occasionally they die, and I need to throw together an old DOS pc and this stuff works great.  Same reason for all the modems, but I don't really need to keep as many as I have right now.

Wade

[anthony691]

On the other hand, that stuff really is useless except for the soundblasters (I bet they could sell here)

[SirPeale]

I have several 486 and pentium CPUs.  A few VESA cards.  Lots of ISA network cards.  A couple of pentium and 486 momboards.  4 or 5 geniune creative soundblaster cards.  Stuff like that.

Are those SoundBlasters true SoundBlaster 16's, or AWE32, or what?

[Wade]

Peale,

    I think I have an original SB mono, a SB Pro, two SB 16 pnp ISA, and a Media Vision Pro Audio Spectrum.

Wade

[IceCold]

How do those external modems hook up?  parallel port?  serial port?  I would really like an external modem for my 486 laptop, 28.8 would be fine, if I can hook it up, I'd buy one  .

I'm also interested in a lot of the other stuff, one man's trash is another's treasure  

[Wade]

They're serial.  Make an offer on a 28.8k and one's yours.  Or if you want a 33.6k or 56k model, I have a bunch of those too but they are all used.  I'd want a couple dollars more for the 56k modems.

Wade

[IceCold]

They're serial.  Make an offer on a 28.8k and one's yours.  Or if you want a 33.6k or 56k model, I have a bunch of those too but they are all used.  I'd want a couple dollars more for the 56k modems.

Wade

How much do you want?  $10?  $5?   I'd also like to buy some other stuff from you maybe, then I'd save on shipping too  

[Wade]

How about $8 for a used 56k.  $5 for a new 28.8k.  If you want other stuff I can probably deal more or we can save some on the shipping.  Shipping would be < $5 for a modem.  I've been wanting to dig through the 56k modems and take pictures.  I will try to do it soon so you can pick one.

Wade

[IceCold]

How about $8 for a used 56k.  $5 for a new 28.8k.  If you want other stuff I can probably deal more or we can save some on the shipping.  Shipping would be < $5 for a modem.  I've been wanting to dig through the 56k modems and take pictures.  I will try to do it soon so you can pick one.

Wade

I could do $8 for the used 56k   .  Does it have hookups, and software if I need it?  If you want to list what else you have, I can tell you what else I want  

[Wade]

IceCold,

Other stuff I have:
* the Sound Blasters listed above
* a few 486 66-100 mhz boards and chips
* Pentiums from 75-133mhz
* one K6-2 400mhz CPU but the board is flakey
* new 28.8k modems, used modems 2400-33600bps (several brands, US Robotics, Boca, Cardinal, etc.)
* 10bt NE2000 ISA network cards
* Misc ISA/VLB cards (vga, ide, etc.)
* AT power supplies
* lots of bad hard drives (don't know why I'm keeping these)
* RAM 1M, 4M, 16M 72pin SIMMS
* a few PC100/133 168pin RAM 32M-256M
* various CDROM drives, mostly older slower IDE 4X-8X range
* SCSI CDR(W?) with ISA interface card


I only found two 56k modems and I think I should keep one, "just in case".  The one I'd like to sell you is a "Boca 56k Internet Modem."  I plugged it up and the lights came on, but I didn't get to test it yet.  My test machine is foobarred right now because I plugged up a hard drive that appeared to be bad, but it turns out just has a virus on it.  Now the whole machine is down. :/

The Boca won't need any special drivers.  If the exact model isn't listed in "Add New Hardware" for your version of Windows, you can just use "Generic 56k Modem".  It uses standard AT/Hayes commands.  You will need some sort of terminal program if you want to use it in DOS.

It has a power supply but I don't have any extra serial cables, sorry!

Give me another day or two to fix my test PC and verify it still works (it should).  Email me at wadelanham at hotmail.com and we'll work out the details for shipping and payment.

Wade