Over 2,000 computers are currently being sold on eBay for 100 euros. The devices were discovered by accident as the storage area was in danger of collapsing. Behind the devices lies the history of Canadian technology.
Thousands of old computers have been found in a barn in Massachusetts. The devices were discovered because the barn they were in was in danger of collapsing. For what ? Because the approximately 2,200 computers must have weighed as much as 11 cars (via vice.com).
Computers are said to have sat unopened and unused in this barn for 40 years. The devices can now be found on eBay for 120 US dollars (around 100 euros). If you want to buy such a device now, you still have to pay about 80 euros shipping costs and then you end up with about 200 euros.
A 69-year-old retiree stored the equipment in a barn
Who owns the devices? James Pellegrini is now a 69-year-old retiree from Massachusetts and quickly developed a passion for technology in his personal life, he told Vice.com magazine.
In the late 1980s, Pellegrini had the idea of developing a telephone exchange for small businesses. For this he needed old computers on which his idea was based. At the same time, he didn’t want to mess with big companies like Apple or Microsoft. Through an insolvency sale, he then came across some NABU models and immediately fell in love with the devices: “I ordered a few copies and to be honest I fell in love with them…
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