Used Shark Available

[Dale Miller]

Many years ago, we had a 370-138 which had been used for a specific  
application. When the application was redone on another machine, we  
tried to sell the machine, but had no takers until someone offered us  
money (as I recall, about $100 US) and took the machine away. The  
machine resurfaced next February at the winter carnival, where the man  
provided a sledgehammer and charged a dollar a swing. I think he made  
a small profit on the deal.
When we converted from 9-track to cartridge drives, we had some 10,000  
old tapes to dispose of. No one would buy them, or even accept them as  
a gift, which was a real problem, since the mayor understandably  
didn't want city employees to be seen throwing things away.



Dale Miller
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