PCs, Printers etc... SCORE

Okay, first I'll introduce myself. I'm Matt, I've been scrapping for a little while. I've got a lot of e scrap, but haven't sold any yet. My first big haul got me hooked, 2 pickup loads of pcs. Anyway... so I got a text message from a friend of mine I haven't seen since high school (I'm 30). He said he saw a status I had posted on facebook saying I was looking for e waste to scrap. He said that his father had recently died and they are cleaning up the yard. He used to be in the Army Surplus business and was a farmer as well so they have a ton of junk. He said he was going to be looking for a way to get rid of all these electronics, for free if possible... I asked him how much he had and he said....

5 53' Semi Box trailers FULL

I'll be going there tomorrow to start, one pickup load at a time. I will take pictures. I figure if I can get a pickup load a week I'll stay busy for the next 40 years. lol

i hope its not all printers

Welcome to the forum, congrats on the score and take photos. Sometimes in the past the best I can do is look at others scores. Mike.

He says it's mostly old cpus. If I remember correctly that's where my dad bought us our first pc. It was an old clunker. I'm interested in what this is going to turn out to be. Got the truck and car trailer ready for the haul. Can't wait.

Sounds like a good haul. Any chance you would be allowed to break down on site? I only ask because there's few things I hate in life more than having to handle scrap multiple times.

Welcome to the forum. Read as mush as you can on computer break down and componet ID. good luck.

If you have to haul them very far you might try to find someone with a semi truck to bring it to you.

holy cow! 5 semis full??

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Lol, congrats!!

I only live 10 miles from the scrap. I can't break it down on location mainly because I wouldn't want to. It is out at a home in the Wabash river bottoms. MOSQUITO HEAVEN!

I've got a truck and 16' trailer and a buddy of mine offered to pick up a load for me on his way back from the scrap yard tomorrow with his truck and trailer. He said if I let him have a load he will bring me two and he will take one.

Pictures please and welcome

Welcome!!! There could be a bunch if military escrap in the bunch. Very high grade stuff!!
I can't wait to see the pics...

You are giving away the farm with that deal of half for the hauling. We do want some pics of this. Can't wait to see it.

Military electronics are collectable!! Re sale for some goood cash.

OK, Here are some pics of the honey hole I went to. I've only got permission to take the e scrap. I'll work on the other stuff later..... :)

http://i1222.photobucket.com/albums/...-16-24_442.jpg
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Here's some of what I've brought home. I've already broken down and taken some of the junk metal to the local scrap yard.
http://i1222.photobucket.com/albums/...-11-32_997.jpg
http://i1222.photobucket.com/albums/...-11-44_441.jpg
http://i1222.photobucket.com/albums/...-12-10_265.jpg

256K of ram anyone?
http://i1222.photobucket.com/albums/...-27-51_205.jpg
http://i1222.photobucket.com/albums/...-34-38_752.jpg

Video card and floppy controllers
http://i1222.photobucket.com/albums/...-27-57_416.jpg

Unfortunately most of the semis were monitors. :(

Holy ic and EPROMs batman.......nice score. What are the computers with the keyboards built into them?

WoW!!! That's amazing!!!

Is there a 'drool' emoticon? Nice haul!

^^^ I know! I'm afraid to hang over my keyboard right now! Lol! Daaaaaang!!!!

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Holy ic and EPROMs batman.......nice score. What are the computers with the keyboards built into them?

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Aren't those the old Radio Shack computers? I have one sitting on my garage shelf. Yep, the TRS-80. Early 80's model

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TRS-80

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How many monitors do you think you have in the semi trailers? But I agree with Hoss, Holy Sh...... Congratulations!

One of them is a Honeywell. Ill have to look at the others later. These all came from government surplus so they were top of the line back in the day!

The only thing I can find on the others is on the front. They say Zenith. I didn't know Zenith made a computer.computerize

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Originally Posted by broughy84

One of them is a Honeywell. Ill have to look at the others later. These all came from government surplus so they were top of the line back in the day!

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As in military surplus? That stuff should be loaded with a lot of goodies!

Its mostly military stuff. Most of it came from Crane Naval Base in Indiana.

I have a 20'x32' military tent I can sell you. Set that up onsite and work dusk to dawn...I wouldnt leave the place in fear that someone will come along and make them a better offer :P
http://www.ebay.com/itm/300785582817...84.m1555.l2649

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Its mostly military stuff. Most of it came from Crane Naval Base in Indiana.

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You might check these guys out for maybe selling the military stuff to them.
Fair Radio Sales Company Inc.

TRS-80 perhaps? I used one in college doing BASIC programming never wanted to work on computers after that. Could be collectible have seen them in museums.

Model III
TRS-80 Model III

In July 1980 Tandy released the Model III. The improvements of the Model III over the Model I included built-in lower case, a better keyboard, 1500-baud cassette interface, and a faster (2.03 MHz) Z-80 processor. With the introduction of the Model III, Model I production was discontinued as it did not comply with new FCC regulations as of 1 January 1981 regarding electromagnetic interference.[10][15][18] The Model I radiated so much interference that while playing games an AM radio placed next to the computer could be used to provide sounds.[19]

TRS-80 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

OMG! Are you getting them free?? :rolleyes:

Wow,nice score! Looks like you'll be having fun for awhile.