Tom Walker wrote in a message to Roy J. Tellason:

-> I could probably even deal with a bigger footprint,  get one of those
-> business-oriented machines.  They're built *solid*,  y'know?

-> What I need to do now is _find_ one!  But there are a couple of 
-> computer places around that I haven't hit lately,  time to stop in 
-> there...

TW> Yuo do have to be i nthe Right place at the Right time.

I guess.

TW> Have you checked all the Authorized HP Laser Repair Shops. We have 
TW> several here in SAn Diego that have a small assortment of Used HP's 
TW> on hand,

No,  I haven't,  and that's a good idea.  I'm going to have to look into
who's in that category around here.

TW> he other betst source is a place handiling Bankuprsy or Dumped 
TW> Computer equipment. We have two of those here in San Diego also.

I don't know where sources of those are around here,  excepting maybe the
state surplus,  but there you end up having to bid on whole pallets of
stuff, and you don't know what you're getting.

TW> Here I have found very Few Printers in the mom and Pop computer 
TW> stores. They have some nice used Computer CPU unit bargans once in
TW> a while though.

I've really not kept up with what the market is doing around here,  it's
time to spend a bit of time doing that,  I think.

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