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    From Dave Drum@1:2320/100 to Sean Dennis on Mon Dec 28 05:10:02 2015
    SEAN DENNIS wrote to QUINTON TIJERINA <=-

    Quinton Tijerina wrote to All <=-

    I am looking for any old IBM Systems that range from Desktops to
    Laptops. Any good sites that sell those kinds of systems for a good
    price and in good condition?

    Google is your friend.

    Google ain't anyone's friend unless there is $$$$ in it for them.

    eBay, Pricewatch on a good day, surplus auctions are much better places to
    ook.

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  • From Dave Drum@1:2320/100 to Kurt Weiske on Mon Dec 28 05:27:02 2015
    KURT WEISKE wrote to SEAN DENNIS <=-

    Re: Re: Need help finding a vintage PC
    By: Sean Dennis to Quinton Tijerina on Sun Dec 27 2015 11:42 pm

    I am looking for any old IBM Systems that range from Desktops to
    Laptops. Any good sites that sell those kinds of systems for a good
    price and in good condition?

    Google is your friend.

    Let me rephrase the original question. Does anyone have any first-hand experience with resellers that sell old systems for a good price and in fair condition they'd like to share?

    It rather depends on how old an Itty Bitty Machine you wish to obtain. Original Pee Cee examples are pretty much hen's teeth. Even XP boxes are getting hard to find. Haunt eBay, post a "Wanted" on Craig's List and/or your local freecycle. Talk to the people at the local Computerbanc, or a computer/electronics recycler. I used to buy PCs by the skid at my State Surplus Property auction. I'd mine them for hard drives and power supplies and send the cases and everything but the circuit boards to the scrap yard.

    Good luck with your search. But, I fear that what I think you are looking for has long since been sent to China to be reprocessed into Macintrash products. Or Lenovo stuff.

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