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[coinman123]

I went to a high school yard sale, hoping to find furniture for my new house, but managed to score some other cool things. I looked at some bottles and noticed a beautiful Moxie bottle among the decorative stuff, from 1938, no price but I offered a dollar and got it. That is my second old Moxie bottle, my oldest one is a circa 1900 huge one that I dug in a 1890-1910 trash pile. I then noticed a huge leather laptop case. It was very heavy to lift, and had a sticker marked $5 on it. Inside was a 1987 Toshiba T1200 and 1992 Toshiba Satellite T1900 with all the cables and cords, even a computer mouse. The computers were in pristine condition. 8 years ago or so I collected vintage computers until I ran out of space, the T1200 was one that I never got (or any early laptop). The T1200's screen is slow to light up, taking around half an hour for it to be bright. I don't have the OS floppy disk though, so I can't use it. Unfortunately, T1900 has not been able to boot up, though the light turns on. I went to the supermarket after, finding a 1957 silver dime in the coin star, and my teller friends at the bank next door set aside a beautiful proof 2002 Sacajawea Dollar and 1979s SBA dollar.

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[coinman123]

The satellite power supply alone sells for $30 on ebay, the computer only for $20 sold though.

 

[kingskid1611]

I came across some old large floppy disc computer games still in boxes with instructions the other day...don't have a clue what to do with them so they just sit until I figure it out.

 

[AlienLifeForm]

Interesting you mention this. Yesterday I found what appears to be a new-in-box Timex Sinclair 1000 Personal Computer from 1982. Must have been the weekend of old technology.

 

[GibH]

Interesting you mention this. Yesterday I found what appears to be a new-in-box Timex Sinclair 1000 Personal Computer from 1982. Must have been the weekend of old technology.

I got one free for attending a timeshare pitch. I think that was in '83.

 

[coinman123]

Interesting you mention this. Yesterday I found what appears to be a new-in-box Timex Sinclair 1000 Personal Computer from 1982. Must have been the weekend of old technology.

Nice! I think I have one up in the attic, no box though. I found a key from an Atari 800 while metal detecting a couple years ago, probably one of my most interesting finds, it was next to the soccer field of a mid-2000s school.

 

[AlienLifeForm]

I got one free for attending a timeshare pitch. I think that was in '83.

Haha, nice. Had to be '82 or '83. They were released in '82 and discontinued in
'83.

 

[AlienLifeForm]

Nice! I think I have one up in the attic, no box though. I found a key from an Atari 800 while metal detecting a couple years ago, probably one of my most interesting finds, it was next to the soccer field of a mid-2000s school.

I gotta hook this thing up and see if it still works after all these years. Fingers crossed.