The truth about BYU Surplus is that stuff that gets surplussed ends up there. It's really pretty hit-and-miss. There was a time when you could make a living off their insanely low prices. Their prices aren't quite that low.
Unless of course you're lucky enough that they have no idea what that thing is, but you do. Then you can often get a very good deal. You might be able to get a RAID card, but you'd probably have to buy the server it's in (I once bought an HP workstation because it had a zip drive. It was like $10). You might find a server rack there, but you'd have to go to find out. There's a lot of junk there. Much of it is just that. Try DI. Seriously, if you go there every Saturday morning you'll probably find your trip worthwhile at least once a month. Get there early though. People run to be the first one in the computer section. If you don't believe me go try it. My wife doubled over with laughter when I took her. Some examples to wet (whet?) your appetite: Palm IIIx $5 (broken, sorta ;) HP Scanner w/ sheet feeder $12 (SCSI broken, USB still good) Digital Camera (I forget what model) $5 (also broken, sorta ;) The list goes on... On Fri, 2003-12-12 at 17:00, Brent Thomson wrote: > On Wed, 2003-12-10 at 21:57, Mark Gardner wrote: > > I hear a rumor that in some of the BYU surplus sales you can > > purchase as raid 5 controller for fairly cheap. Can anyone validate > > this? > > > > Mark Gardner > > > > I've heard rumors that one can pick up a server rack there as well. > Anybody know anything about this? > > -Brent ____________________ BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ ___________________________________________________________________ List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
