[PLUG] Looking for PC/Main board x686 (could be K7) with 2-3 EISA slots

[Pete Lancashire]

So I emailed FG, a few days later received a reply that basically said
"you have to be kidding, why the heck should we waste our time, btw we
have this store that has great stuff it in with prices higher than
Ebay even with shipping.

Oh .. I was in the 'hood so I dropped in, let's see a as-is Mac cube
thing, said AS-IS $25, a crappy Dell desktop, the ones the sell on CL
for $10 or Goodwill (with their > $750K CEO) for $20-30, price $100
with 1GB memory. How about a USB (not C) cable for $5. PC keyboard
with a missing key for $5. 17" LCD for $80, same model as the one I
got at Goodwill for $20. Old DC-600 tape cartridges marked down to $18
from $25, AS-IS no return.

Sure glad I didn't go out of my way.



On Sun, Jan 8, 2017 at 7:25 PM, Pete Lancashire <pete at petelancashire.com> wrote:
> I am no longer looking for any, when the contract was completed the
> customer purchased the system from me, I currently do not have a
> requirement.
>
> In retrospect I'm  glad FG declined, I was willing at the time to
> offer up to $100 per drive, but acquired some for $5 each plus a 50
> miles round trip.
>
> -pete
>
> On Sun, Jan 8, 2017 at 6:19 PM, Jim Karlock <jjkarlock at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I got several hits when I entered 8" floppy on ebay.
>>
>> Thanks
>> JK
>>
>>
>> At 05:04 PM 1/8/2017, you wrote:
>>>Sadly I've given up on FG. I was looking for a couple 8" DS floppy
>>>drives, had a request to see if I could recover some CAD data. Someone
>>>said the same thing so I called FG. Confirmed they still had them but
>>>they would not sell them to me, had to be scrapped, gave some super
>>>lame excuses.
>>>
>>>-pete
>>>
>>>On Sun, Jan 8, 2017 at 4:55 PM, Chuck Hast <wchast at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> > Dropped two machines with that sort of board in them off at Free Geek a bit
>>> > over a week ago.
>>> >
>>> > On Sun, Jan 8, 2017 at 4:50 PM, Pete Lancashire <pete at petelancashire.com>
>>> > wrote:
>>> >
>>> >> Anyone have an old PC K7 or newer that has at least 2 EISA slots that
>>> >> they no longer want ?
>>> >>
>>> >> -pete
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