[Nottingham] Box of bits...

[Jim Moore]

Nuts, I really wanted a dead grue as well... didn't get one for xmas...

David Aldred wrote:
> It's come to that stage again at which the various bits & pieces which 
> I've 'preserved' from various dead or semi-dead machine are overflowing the 
> shelf I carelessly put them on, pending needing them or doing something 
> constructive with them....  and once again I've not needed them or done 
> anything constructive with them.
>
> Anyone want a box (roughly 15"x15"x12") full of stuff?  There's motherboards, 
> various cards, floppy drives, a dead grue, an optical drive, CPU fans,, all 
> sorts really.
>
> First email to get back to me wins; if two arrive at the same time, the one 
> sent earlier gets it - subject to believability so no fiddling with clocks!
>
> Collect from Beeston.   Ok, I was joking about the grue. 
>
>   


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