Re: [PLUG] Looking for PC/Main board x686 (could be K7) with 2-3 EISA slots

2017-01-17 Thread Pete Lancashire
Would post it, but no longer in my trash "folder". It maybe in another place but that's at work and will look tomorrow. -pete On Sun, Jan 15, 2017 at 5:31 PM, Denis Heidtmann wrote: > Would you be willing to post the message you received from FG? If your >

Re: [PLUG] Looking for PC/Main board x686 (could be K7) with 2-3 EISA slots

2017-01-15 Thread Denis Heidtmann
Would you be willing to post the message you received from FG? If your description of the response were typical I would stay away too. But my experience has been otherwise. If they were out-of-line they should know about it and take corrective action. They perform a useful service, and good

Re: [PLUG] Looking for PC/Main board x686 (could be K7) with 2-3 EISA slots

2017-01-15 Thread Pete Lancashire
So I emailed FG, a few days later received a reply that basically said "you have to be kidding, why the heck should we waste our time, btw we have this store that has great stuff it in with prices higher than Ebay even with shipping. Oh .. I was in the 'hood so I dropped in, let's see a as-is Mac

Re: [PLUG] Looking for PC/Main board x686 (could be K7) with 2-3 EISA slots

2017-01-08 Thread Pete Lancashire
I am no longer looking for any, when the contract was completed the customer purchased the system from me, I currently do not have a requirement. In retrospect I'm glad FG declined, I was willing at the time to offer up to $100 per drive, but acquired some for $5 each plus a 50 miles round trip.

Re: [PLUG] Looking for PC/Main board x686 (could be K7) with 2-3 EISA slots

2017-01-08 Thread james
On 2017-01-08 18:19, Jim Karlock wrote: > I got several hits when I entered 8" floppy on ebay. > > Thanks > JK > Make sure you're entering that on eBay though. Lots of results on Google, but many not helpful for this particular problem. -- James Bertelson ja...@bertelson.me :wq

Re: [PLUG] Looking for PC/Main board x686 (could be K7) with 2-3 EISA slots

2017-01-08 Thread Jim Karlock
I got several hits when I entered 8" floppy on ebay. Thanks JK At 05:04 PM 1/8/2017, you wrote: >Sadly I've given up on FG. I was looking for a couple 8" DS floppy >drives, had a request to see if I could recover some CAD data. Someone >said the same thing so I called FG. Confirmed they still

Re: [PLUG] Looking for PC/Main board x686 (could be K7) with 2-3 EISA slots

2017-01-08 Thread wes
On Sun, Jan 8, 2017 at 5:17 PM, Russell Senior wrote: > > "Pete" == Pete Lancashire writes: > > Pete> Sadly I've given up on FG. I was looking for a couple 8" DS floppy > Pete> drives, had a request to see if I could recover some CAD >

Re: [PLUG] Looking for PC/Main board x686 (could be K7) with 2-3 EISA slots

2017-01-08 Thread Russell Senior
> "Pete" == Pete Lancashire writes: Pete> Sadly I've given up on FG. I was looking for a couple 8" DS floppy Pete> drives, had a request to see if I could recover some CAD Pete> data. Someone said the same thing so I called FG. Confirmed they Pete> still had them but

Re: [PLUG] Looking for PC/Main board x686 (could be K7) with 2-3 EISA slots

2017-01-08 Thread Chuck Hast
Hmm, I thought that was what they were all about was putting devices back to work, wonder why they could not sell you the drives, scrap or no scrap? On Sun, Jan 8, 2017 at 5:04 PM, Pete Lancashire wrote: > Sadly I've given up on FG. I was looking for a couple 8" DS

Re: [PLUG] Looking for PC/Main board x686 (could be K7) with 2-3 EISA slots

2017-01-08 Thread Pete Lancashire
Sadly I've given up on FG. I was looking for a couple 8" DS floppy drives, had a request to see if I could recover some CAD data. Someone said the same thing so I called FG. Confirmed they still had them but they would not sell them to me, had to be scrapped, gave some super lame excuses. -pete

Re: [PLUG] Looking for PC/Main board x686 (could be K7) with 2-3 EISA slots

2017-01-08 Thread Chuck Hast
Dropped two machines with that sort of board in them off at Free Geek a bit over a week ago. On Sun, Jan 8, 2017 at 4:50 PM, Pete Lancashire wrote: > Anyone have an old PC K7 or newer that has at least 2 EISA slots that > they no longer want ? > > -pete >

[PLUG] Looking for PC/Main board x686 (could be K7) with 2-3 EISA slots

2017-01-08 Thread Pete Lancashire
Anyone have an old PC K7 or newer that has at least 2 EISA slots that they no longer want ? -pete ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug