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Just saw this on Facebook...

"CALLING ALL SERIOUS COLLECTORS: Come to Computer Reset during normal business hours, Monday-Friday, 9525 Skillman St, Dallas, Texas 75243. *DO NOT CALL*, just go! This is a 38,000 sqft facility full of vintage computing hardware. The old man who owns it has fallen ill, and the business is shutting down. *BIDS ARE BEING TAKEN TO CLEAR OUT THE ENTIRE FACILITY AND PUT IT INTO LANDFILL* If you snooze, you lose. NOTHING WILL BE SHIPPED, NOTHING WILL BE BROKERED FOR YOU. DO NOT CALL THE PHONE NUMBER! SHOW UP AND BUY! This is your last chance before it's all disposed of. (Never found any PDP-8 there, but my PDP 11/70 came from here!) CASH SALES ONLY!!!"

https://m.facebook.com/groups/208724552 ... 7653259648

I think people from Vcfed probably need this more...

The place apparently has piles of model Ms and Fs. Somebody get to Dallas and get a bargain on those boards ....

Paging @elecplus

(Edit: not sure we have a mention-style feature?)

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=7l7iU3wvT9o

A guy live streamed his walk through of the place...

Wow this is huge...

Holy shit,

I'm actually considering driving all the way to Dallas for this.

But my poor car might not be able to make it!
(A plane trip is probably out of the running thanks to the amount I would probably be interested in)

I am looking for someone to potentially proxy buy stuff they find for me if I cannot go myself. I am very interested in one of those IBM convertibles.

(Will also pay reasonable price+shipping of course)

Can someone try to grab some stuff for me?
Looking for:
Vintage laptops (486 and older)
Dell AT101s
AEKs/AEK2s
Model M2s
Anything with Alps Integrated Domes (Alps mount)
Tandy handhelds
Poor condition Alps keyboards
Alps Clone keyboards/keypads
Vintage G81s with old lock light sticker
Mechanical typewriter keyboards without homes

(I knot this is a lot, I'll limit myself to only a couple items, will pay reason able price+shipping of course)

Where's my portal gun when I need it?

I won't make it either.
*would be nice to have some PC Convertible accessories.
*Industrial IBM PC stuff

Redmaus claims to have gotten some stuff here. Redmaus, what did you get, and what can you tell us? I assume everything is long gone at this point.

damn, fairly certain i missed out on this as well. let us know if its still ongoing, i will literally drive up tonight with a uhaul and all my lifes savings. link is broken so im assuming its over.

From what I heard, its over...

XMIT wrote: ↑

07 Jun 2019, 18:23

Redmaus claims to have gotten some stuff here. Redmaus, what did you get, and what can you tell us? I assume everything is long gone at this point.

Lol there are PILES of boxes there, I got some good stuff, but I bet theres still some left. I'm debating going again to get more boards.

I need to get in touch with the owner to see if they are still liquidating. But yeah there's some left most likely I took some good things but even I can't cover that whole area. But if you wanna go find working IBM computers and whatnot, forget it because the people looking for that stuff have already found all that.

I filled my family van full of boards, but I had a craigslist deal at 2 that day so I had to break off.

Redmaus wrote: ↑

08 Jun 2019, 01:07

XMIT wrote: ↑

07 Jun 2019, 18:23

Redmaus claims to have gotten some stuff here. Redmaus, what did you get, and what can you tell us? I assume everything is long gone at this point.

Lol there are PILES of boxes there, I got some good stuff, but I bet theres still some left. I'm debating going again to get more boards.

GO! Find the unsavers!!!

depletedvespene wrote: ↑

08 Jun 2019, 01:13

Redmaus wrote: ↑

08 Jun 2019, 01:07

XMIT wrote: ↑

07 Jun 2019, 18:23

Redmaus claims to have gotten some stuff here. Redmaus, what did you get, and what can you tell us? I assume everything is long gone at this point.

Lol there are PILES of boxes there, I got some good stuff, but I bet theres still some left. I'm debating going again to get more boards.

GO! Find the unsavers!!!

I wish

Signed up here to post this since I haven't found much info about it and apparently a lot of people are driving here just to try to find out what's going on.

We came to the area for the ham radio convention and the rumor that we're hearing is this place should be reopening Sunday (and hopefully more regularly) for more sales.

We won't be able to stay in town to see it and I haven't personally seen the place. Tanner Electronics is reselling some inventory they picked up from here (looks like mostly IBM PCjr stuff).

Hinoserm wrote: ↑

08 Jun 2019, 07:04

Signed up here to post this since I haven't found much info about it and apparently a lot of people are driving here just to try to find out what's going on.

We came to the area for the ham radio convention and the rumor that we're hearing is this place should be reopening Sunday (and hopefully more regularly) for more sales.

We won't be able to stay in town to see it and I haven't personally seen the place. Tanner Electronics is reselling some inventory they picked up from here (looks like mostly IBM PCjr stuff).

I went back today, and was just at Tanners! This time I took a bunch of pictures and am gonna make a Computer Reset thread of my own.

Unfortunately, this time I was more thorough and got pretty much everything. There might be a few Wyse,AEK II's, and some model M's left.

Looking forward to see your loot...

Lots of good stuff was found. Kind of unbelievable, but I still need to process it all.

No unsavers though

What did you pay for everything?

A fair price, better than I expected. I won't say anymore until I post my computer reset thread however.

this is insane...

matt3o wrote: ↑

13 Jul 2019, 12:49

this is insane...

Yup, I definitely would like to get back in

Redmaus wrote: ↑

13 Jul 2019, 17:03

matt3o wrote: ↑

13 Jul 2019, 12:49

this is insane...

Yup, I definitely would like to get back in

Somehow I don't think you could possibly top 30 NIB SSKS.

Wazrach wrote: ↑

13 Jul 2019, 17:36

Somehow I don't think you could possibly top 30 NIB SSKS.

Probably not, but still frustrating nonetheless.
I also have less than 30, some of the boxes were broken apart model F assemblies not the SSK ones.

Redmaus wrote: ↑

13 Jul 2019, 18:32

Wazrach wrote: ↑

13 Jul 2019, 17:36

Somehow I don't think you could possibly top 30 NIB SSKS.

Probably not, but still frustrating nonetheless.
I also have less than 30, some of the boxes were broken apart model F assemblies not the SSK ones.

Well, that SUCKS.

Still, several NIB SSKs qualifies as a great find.

depletedvespene wrote: ↑

13 Jul 2019, 18:41

Still, several NIB SSKs qualifies as a great find.

Yeah, I really wanted to help out and assist in moving stuff there since I've done similar things in boy scouting and am no stranger to hard work.
I doubt that's happening though, I haven't had much contact with the organizer.

the guy in the video describes it perfectly, it is like an odd dream