Old mini computer (B80)

der Mouse mouse at Rodents.Montreal.QC.CA
Tue Sep 25 15:19:25 CDT 2007


>>> Now, what I'm wondering, is how big of a hassle is it to bring this
>>> across the border?  I've never picked up a computer from Canada.
>>> Is customs going to raise a stink about a 25 year old minicomputer?
>> Probably not.  Puzzled looks, probably.  One time I started to get
>> questions about what the guard should buy, PeeCee or Mac.

My only evidence is going in the other direction and is anecdotal.  A
friend and I drove down to New England and picked up some NeXT stuff.
At the entry into Canada the customs guy got sticky until we found a
fab date on one of the things; it was old enough he basically just
waved us through.

The only other incident was bringing some laptops back from my trip to
Norway; the customs guy didn't seem to care beyond hearing that the
University was throwing them out because they were too old, and a very
rough off-the-cuff valuation.

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