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Last Sale Day of FG Vintage Computers! Tues. Dec. 22nd 11am-7:30pm @ 304 Victoria Drive

Dec 22 2009 - 11:00
Dec 22 2009 - 19:30

Last Sale Day of FG Vintage Computers!

After 3 years of saving antiques from the smelter, Free Geek is selling off the majority of its museum collection. We don't have the space or resources to keep it, but maybe you do! All proceeds go directly to Free Geek's operating costs and continued survival.

 

WHEN:
Tuesday, Dec. 22nd, 11-7:30pm

WHERE:

304 Victoria Drive (at Franklin, one block north of Hastings) [CLICK FOR MAP] The sale is wheelchair accessible.

 

 

[VIEW PHOTOS OF SOME OF THE COLLECTION]

 

The following is a list of remaining items*:


Lot 2: Amiga 1000 with box, PC sidecar, A1011 floppy drive+manual, keyboard, mouse, 1084 monitor, MPS1270 printer.

Lot 3: Amiga 3000 with box, 1930 monitor+box, keyboard, mouse, spare motherboard.

Lot 4: Non-functional Commodore 64C with power brick, manual, 2 1541-II floppy drives+power bricks+manuals.

Lot 5: Commodore VIC-20 with power brick, manuals, AV cable, RF box, datasette, vicmodem+manual, vic1525 printer.

Lot 6: Box of broken Commodore 64s and VIC-20s for parts

Lot 7: Commodore PET 2001

Lot 9: Commodore 8296

Lot 15: Apple IIe with manuals, monitor, 2 floppy drives, joystick, printer, mouse. Contains 80 columns card, modem, Z80 card, Mockingboard, super serial card, disk controller and printer interface.

Lot 17: 2 Apple IIc with monitor and power brick.

Lot 18: Apple IIgs with 2 floppy drives

Lot 22:  Apple Macintosh 128k with RAM and SCSI upgrade, keyboard, mouse, floppy drive.

Lot 23: Apple Macintosh 128k.

Lot 24: Apple Macintosh SE/30

Lot 25:  3 Apple Powermac G4 Cubes with 2 power bricks.

Lot 27: Next Colour slab with colour monitor, keyboard, mouse and speaker box.

Lot 28: NeXT mono slab with mono monitor.

Lot 29: NeXT colour slab with speaker box.

Lot 30: NeXT mono slab with mono monitor.

Lot 32: Atari 520st with box, manuals, power brick, monitor+box, floppy drive+box, mouse.

Lot 34:2 Atari Mega ST2, manuals, keyboard, Megafile 30 hard drive.

Lot 35: 3 Atari 520st, 1 box.

Lot 36: 3 Atari 1040ST

Lot 38: IBM PC 5150 with monitor, keyboard.

Lot 39: BM PC 5150 with 286 upgrade card, colour monitor.

Lot 40: BM PC 5150 with monitor.

Lot 44: BM Personal Science Laboratory 7694

Lot 45: BM tape drive

Lot 46: BM external floppy for original PC

Lot 47: RAM expansion for IBM EGA card.

Lot 48: Box of IBM PCjr accessories

Lot 49: Creative Labs Soundblaster in box, Sealed Soundblaster midi kit.

Lot 50: Compaq portable

Lot 51: Compaq Portable Plus in carry bag.

Lot 52. Compaq portable 386, missing keyboard.

Lot 54: 1 MicroVAX 2000, 1 VAXStation 2000

Lot 55: 1 DECStation 5000/25, 1 VAXStation 3100, 1 MicroVAX 3100

Lot 59: Sun SPARCStation 2 with RAM upgrade

Lot 61: TANDY TRS-80 model 3

Lot 62: Tandy TRS-80 model 2, missing keyboard

Lot 67: Tandy model 100 portable

 *Availability of items not guaranteed -- someone else may get there first.  

 

 

***   ADDITIONAL INFORMATION   ***
  • NO REFUNDS, NO EXCHANGES, ALL SALES FINAL
  • ALL PAYMENTS IN CASH ONLY (ATMs are nearby)
  • In accordance with FG's software policies, no proprietary operating systems or software will be available.
  • Due to data security procedures, all drives have been removed for data sanitation. Because of the added complexity of the wiping process for antique drives, none will be for sale during this auction. Successfully wiped and tested drives will be available at a future sale (date TBA).
  • We do not guarantee the accuracy of our curator's descriptions of equipment. You are responsible for doing your own research. 

 

Legacy hardware photos

 

These are some (not all) of the items available for sale at the computer museum auction.

View computer auction event listing

 

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First-ever FG Vintage Computer Auction! Viewing Sat. Dec. 5, 9am-5pm+ Auction Sun. Dec. 6, 12:30-end @ Hackery, 1914 Franklin St

Dec 5 2009 - 00:00
Dec 6 2009 - 23:59

 

First-ever FG Vintage Computer Auction!

After 3 years of saving antiques from the smelter, Free Geek is auctioning off the majority of its museum collection. We don't have the space or resources to keep it, but maybe you do! All proceeds go directly to Free Geek's operating costs and continued survival.   

 

WHEN:

VIEWING AND BIDDER REGISTRATION: Saturday Dec. 5th, 9:00 - 5:00
AUCTION: Sunday Dec. 6th, 12:30 - END

WHERE:

The Hackery warehouse, 1914 Franklin St. (one block north of Hastings, just east of Victoria Drive) [MAP]  The auction is wheelchair accessible.

 

 

We have almost 120 machines for sale, including:

  • Boxed IBM 5150 Personal Computer - The original PC from 1982, from which all modern PCs are still derived.
  • NeXT cube and NeXT Stations - The computers on which the World Wide Web was created.
  • Boxed Amiga 1000 - The first of a revolutionary line of computers. Comes in box with accessories and hardware upgrades.
  • Atari 1040STE - One of Atari's best and well know in the world of music.
  • Apple Macintosh 128k - The original Mac from 1984.
  • In addition to systems, there are other goodies like Model M keyboards for sale.


[View photos of some of the collection]

 

***   IMPORTANT INFORMATION   ***
  • NO REFUNDS, NO EXCHANGES, ALL SALES FINAL
  • ALL PAYMENTS IN CASH ONLY, PAYMENT DUE ON AUCTION DAY (Sun. Dec. 6)
  • YOU MUST TAKE YOUR PURCHASES WITH YOU SAME DAY (Sun. Dec. 6)
  • In accordance with FG's software policies, no proprietary operating systems or software will be available.
  • Due to data security procedures, all drives have been removed for data sanitation. Because of the added complexity of the wiping process for antique drives, none will be for sale during this auction. Successfully wiped and tested drives will be available at a future sale (date TBA).
  • We do not guarantee the accuracy of the descriptions of equipment made during auction or viewing. You are responsible for doing your own research. 
  • VIEWING IS ON SATURDAY ONLY. Registration can be done on either Sat or Sun. 

 

 

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