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Back in 1997 I went dumpster diving and got my hands on eight NeXTcubes that a company was getting rid of. Ok, it wasn't exactly dumpster diving, like the time

Back in 1997 I went dumpster diving and got my hands on eight NeXTcubes that a company was getting rid of. Ok, it wasn't exactly dumpster diving, like the time in about 1983 that I got hundreds of blank floppies, but they were on the curb and when I asked they said, sure, take them. I was excited to get the score, but I didn't really need eight of them. So I told a bunch of friends they could share the wealth. By the time I realized what I'd done, I'd promised all eight of them to people, and I felt obligated at that point to follow through. To this day I kick myself that I don't have one as a cool piece of art to display.

smm11 4y ago
I drove by a building with an SGI O2 next to the dumpster. Monitor, mouse, cables, and two banker's boxes full of software and manuals. Someone leaving said "have fun with it" while I was throwing it in the car. It came up with everything still intact, looking for the servers it was talking to, with data from maybe two weeks prior. This was in 2014.
- jonstewart 4y ago
  What do you want for it?
- technothrasher 4y ago
  I've still got a couple of SGI Indigo workstations sitting on the shelf. Many fond memories of those back in the day.
sammalloy 4y ago
> Back in 1997 I went dumpster diving and got my hands on eight NeXTcubes that a company was getting rid of. Heh. Was this in SF? I think I know who that was.
- technothrasher 4y ago
  No, it was outside of Boston. I think there were a lot of places dumping NeXT hardware back then.
  - astrange 4y ago
    Including NeXT. I have one with prototype stickers on. Really need to check what's on those hard drives…
    - jacquesm 4y ago
      If they still spin up. Better not wait too long, one day you'll try and find them seized. If the motor shaft is exposed you may want to try to loosen it up before applying power that might save you a lot of headaches.
arcticbull 4y ago
These are starting to get really hard to find too. I picked one up many years ago for a couple hundred bucks because I really liked them. Very cool machines. Last I checked they're $3000-8000 each on eBay.

smm11 4y ago

I drove by a building with an SGI O2 next to the dumpster. Monitor, mouse, cables, and two banker's boxes full of software and manuals. Someone leaving said "have fun with it" while I was throwing it in the car. It came up with everything still intact, looking for the servers it was talking to, with data from maybe two weeks prior. This was in 2014.

jonstewart 4y ago
What do you want for it?
technothrasher 4y ago
I've still got a couple of SGI Indigo workstations sitting on the shelf. Many fond memories of those back in the day.

sammalloy 4y ago

> Back in 1997 I went dumpster diving and got my hands on eight NeXTcubes that a company was getting rid of. Heh. Was this in SF? I think I know who that was.

technothrasher 4y ago
No, it was outside of Boston. I think there were a lot of places dumping NeXT hardware back then.
- astrange 4y ago
  Including NeXT. I have one with prototype stickers on. Really need to check what's on those hard drives…
  - jacquesm 4y ago
    If they still spin up. Better not wait too long, one day you'll try and find them seized. If the motor shaft is exposed you may want to try to loosen it up before applying power that might save you a lot of headaches.

arcticbull 4y ago

These are starting to get really hard to find too. I picked one up many years ago for a couple hundred bucks because I really liked them. Very cool machines. Last I checked they're $3000-8000 each on eBay.