cyberdan
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- Dec 12, 2006
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I go to 25-30 yardsales every saturday and one of the things i look for are old computers. I get 2-3 a week. once I got 7 but didn't have time to tear them down. I had 11 in a row waiting for the wirecutters.
Well last weekend was kind of slow. this guy had some electronics and one old tower computer. I offered him a dollar and he accepted. Then I saw a Tivo and asked if it had a hard drive and he said yes so I paid $1 for that too.
When I got home I tore it open just expecting to pull the hard drive and saw a big circuit board and decided to get it also. When I pulled it out and blew off the dust I could see it had GOLD spots everywhere AND on both sides. A lot more than any motherboard.
Later that day I got to a pile of VCRs I wanted to toss and saw another TIVO I had forgotten I had. So I opened it and it had TWO hard drives and the same gold filled board.
So always keep an eye out for SONY Tivos. I will look at other brands too, not sure if all have hard drives and good boards.
Well last weekend was kind of slow. this guy had some electronics and one old tower computer. I offered him a dollar and he accepted. Then I saw a Tivo and asked if it had a hard drive and he said yes so I paid $1 for that too.
When I got home I tore it open just expecting to pull the hard drive and saw a big circuit board and decided to get it also. When I pulled it out and blew off the dust I could see it had GOLD spots everywhere AND on both sides. A lot more than any motherboard.
Later that day I got to a pile of VCRs I wanted to toss and saw another TIVO I had forgotten I had. So I opened it and it had TWO hard drives and the same gold filled board.
So always keep an eye out for SONY Tivos. I will look at other brands too, not sure if all have hard drives and good boards.
