From: Peter H. Coffin (hellsop_at_ninehells.com)
Date: Tue Jan 27 2004 - 11:59:34 PST
On Tue, Jan 27, 2004 at 10:57:24AM -0800, Martin Joseph wrote:
>
> On Jan 27, 2004, at 10:48 AM, Peter H. Coffin wrote:
> <snip>
> > It's pretty easy to get a IIg functional in the
> > home for less than $100, and much of that is shipping the pig from
> > whereever you buy the semi-functional chassis from.
> Shipping! My god man! Your mad!
>
> Find a local computer store that specializes in used gear and I bet
> there are a couple of older laserwriters (or HPs) laying around.
Heh. At the time, there was exactly one used IIg (or f, for that matter)
within local driving distance. And $150 was being asked for it, with no
toner cart. For $25, I got an 8meg IIg with a half-full cart, and spent
$40 to get UPS to schlep it from Texas. Another $30 in refurbishing (new
pickup roller, etc) and the thing printed another 1500+ pages before I
got a new toner cart. 1500 pages is how much money in inkjet tanks?
Something approximating what I paid for the whole deal.
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labelled "Danger: Do Not Push". The big red button marked "Do Not Push" will
instead trigger a spray of bullets on anyone stupid enough to disregard it.
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