What Happened to the Computer Reset Warehouse? 

That's all they fucking do in piece of shit Kingsport. I wanna be ostracized from the shithole here.

Definitely. It's a goldmine of retro tech. For some reason I still think about it when I'm thinking of older tech and wishing that it was saved or the products haven't gone to waste. Good to see an update.

The hope is the last that you don´t have to loose.

It was a nice little business plan, and a shame that it got out of hand and that Richard's days in this world were numbered. But it is absolutely wonderful that all this old tech was diverted from landfill to continue being useful to whoever needed it or wanted it.

Property in Texas is dirt cheap so they probably did better doing this than selling the place.

1. Find a thrift store or salvation army nearby, sometimes they do not charge too much. 2. Are you Mr. Robot?

@@CP200S appreciate the advice but I've checked out the local goodwills and there's nothing ever there. Occasionally you will find like a DSL modem with no AC adapter for $4 which is useless to me. I haven't even really found any software titles or anything I've been to four different ones. I know Clint from lgr on RU-vid has great luck at goodwills but I've just never found anything. I tried posting to a couple local Facebook groups asking for older equipment and really only had one hit from that.

@@cliffshockley4406 Yeah nowadays it's definitely not easy to find anything cool anymore. I also regret leaving lots of stuff behind like Sega CDs, loads of PC XT clones, Ataris and other stuff. On the other hand I have been also lucky to have found (and bought) a few Amigas, C64 1541 drive, Intellivisions and other stuff, but it was about 15~20 years ago. Maybe if you look early in the morning on really small cities nearby and with a lot of persistence, but "sumguy" already been there most of the times. Wish you better luck next hunting!

​@@cliffshockley4406 ... Have you talked to some of the managers at Goodwill? Maybe they might give you some ideas & perhaps they might tag some stuff for you if they find more old tech, which they definitely will. There is no surprise what people find in their closets, basements & attics. I do know that Goodwill had some contract with Dell over a decade ago (2009-10?) that when people bring in old tech, especially stuff like old CRT monitors & CRT televisions & maybe some old computer parts (drives, motherboards, cases, etc), that they partnered to have those recycled instead of putting them on the Goodwill shelves. There's probably a lot of money in that recycling & I know how greedy Dell can be, heh. That's such a shame, for us collectors. But it's also understandable, because GW only has a limited shelf space, even if it's one of their giant superstores, as people keep bringing in a lot of crap, & computer cases & CRT's use up a lot of that shelf space. I remember Goodwill having tons of CRT's & PC towers in 2009 & then the next year or so, they disappeared. That's at least at my local Goodwill. But I did see an article about the recycling partnership. My local GW does still have tons of computer & electronics tech & I am tempted to buy a lot of them, but I have to refrain a little more as I don't want to end up looking like Reset's warehouse. :)

I got a BRAND NEW, boxed monitor from 1999 free 3 years ago online, I did take out of box to test. Havent used it though as haven't got the space for it so its in guest bedroom/office.

Missed opportunity, would have been an interesting "series"...

At one time it was clearly a decently sized business. Multiple units, from storefronts to repairs with a ton of employees. Sad how it deteriorated, but damn it was weird seeing where at one point it was clear work for a specific thing was happening.

Yeah, it was hoarding junk until enough time passes. Now it's gold.

@@bengelman2600 ...it was still junk hoarding. This dude stacked up monitors in a pile outside and left them there for decades. For every piece saved, another 2 likely died. I'm not saying that to kick rocks at the guy. More of a warning about how easily you go from a hobby, to a collector, to a hoarder. There's a line at which you're doing more harm than good and it's probably pretty blurry until you're way past it. I've been there, or close, a few times myself.

Hes not looking down at all. Hes dead.

@@familyengineering5591 Grow up.

@@LinkRocks ratioed

I have a friend who is a hoarder . He is being forced to to sell one of his hoarding spaces. So EVERYTHING has to be 're -hoarded' somewhere else.. where there is already .... no space.

me too, feels very nostalgic, like 80s-90s exteriors, I really like that style.

I bet they have a payphone

Definitely not alone there brother! Complete even with spiral staircase and that outdoorsy lobby with a fountain!

@@TimberwolfCY how could I forget the spiral staircase! Yes!

Same! When I was a kid, the local computer swapmeets always seemed to take place in buildings like this, super heavy with stone accents and wood panels. Having all that amazing retro PC goodness in there just seals it!

8-bit was LITERALLY a kid caught in a Tandy store! Umm, sorry, Candy store

Sadly, CR is now gone. They are in the final stages of cleaning and recycling everything left.

I get the junkyard thing. I've found some pretty rare badges from a 1990 Ford Thunderbird anniversary edition super coupe. Badges were mint, bought them for a few bucks, wound up eventually selling them on the TCCOA forums years later for $100.

What the hell did happen to car junkyards? Maybe they moved to the middle of nowhere and just sell online now.

I wondered how long it would take to find a comment addressing that!

I caught that too!!! 23.44 minutes in I fell to the floor. What was it like only 200 or so of those were made? I saw one had been listed for $450,000!

I don't know what's funnier, the Apple 1 schtick of the fact that ZONE TOONS WATCHES LGR!!!

Wait... it's ZONE, the world really is a small place

Glad I wasn't the only one who caught that too lol.

I never noticed an odour in computer stores, but military surplus stores, they reall had their own scent!

Name... uhm, kinda checks out? =)

Not for me! Lol the old guys that used to do trade-ins quit a while ago. Their place always smelled of cigarette smoke.

The old Radio Shack that was in our local mall in the 90s-early 00s had this amazing smell

I bought a new turntable recently, and it had that distinctive smell! I hadn't smelled it since I was a kid. I love it. I don't know what it is, but it's awesome.

Pretty sure that was 8bit Guys repro.

Ok, I thought that was an Apple I also!

Lmao. I knew it looked slightly different, but I said the same thing. 🤣

that was hilarious! I recognized that instantly

@@Blobboss Did he bring that in just for that joke? Otherwise, why would it be there? I instantly recognized it as an Apple I (those big capacitors really stand out) and came here to find out what other people thought.

There are some other mice options along that vein such as Apple's magic trackpad and ergonomic sideways looking mice, as well as trackballs. VR controllers and the Steam Deck's dual track pads also come to mind. There is still some innovation, but way less now that there are established standards that most just fall back on. Even if they aren't all how I prefer to use my pc it's always nice to have options and see new ways of interacting with technology.

Many people, upon seeing a picture of my Evoluent Vertical D Mouse are completely intrigued by it and only when seeing my hand around it get how you are supposed to use it :P. The design is surprisingly old and has been dubbed "a failure before launch" by many computer experts, and then RSI started to become a thing :P.

It's also how interesting so many things made to make computers accessible

my hears stopped for a moment! should have had a trigger warning! XD

Jesus.... You could have pulled this from MY memory...

Olivetti 386SX 25Mhz. You and me both friend. x.

Wonder how many third-world countries would consider what is in that warehouse as, modern"?

@@brodriguez11000 for the most part none, they are aware and even have modern technology. It is a lack of funding they suffer from not a lack of knowledge. And if we look at the poorest African nations for example, they are on the hook to western banks for circa $300 billion all while a trillion dollars of their wealth extracted over 60 years by capitalist corporations and despots, sits in the Cayman islands protected by the US and UK alliance to keep capitalism going at any externalised cost. Most poor nations are often in credit in reality, its just we stole all their money and power.

I hear you brother, I wish I held onto to the computers of my youth aswell, even the shitty Compaq(not even sure what was in there system wise)that got me started.

@@iladelproductions8820 some of the stuff I threw away... worth a bloody fortune now.

Master Troll levels for sure lmao

Some quality trolling for those who know the incident it’s a callback to.

I had to pause I laughed so much.

That was epic

I take back all the nasty things I said

ITS THAT DUDE

Shame Luke couldn't get footage of you hauling out a pallet of Hot Wheels and Barbie PCs 😂

Not even lying, Shank, well-known Console portablizer extraordinaire is the dude Clint mentioned picked up the Hot Wheels PC in the vid. Did a very cool PC build with it for a vid!

It definitely "Reset" the vintage computer community.

@@CCConversions Ha! Good one on that pun. 🤣

It'd be nice if so many shitty people never got into computers in the first place.

Love your music, really helps with my stress

It's not so much that retail is dying, it's that your childhood is dying.

Oh, so is that why I'm tearing up while watching a video about a warehouse of old computer parts?

@@deusexaethera Retail is dying because there is very little left on the High Street that appeals to men. If I say Radio Shack/ Tandy, Maplin, and Dixons that covers both the U.K. and U.S.A. The 8 bit Guy did a whole video about it.

One of my fondest memories was going to a HUGE metropolitan area with a CompUSA store that seemed to carry on for miles. It was a wonderland of computer stuff. That kind of thing just doesn’t exist anymore. The sense of excitement about computer technology in general doesn’t exist anymore. It’s not just about childhood, it’s a shared experience, and a personal experience, that we lived through and will never come around again in quite the same way.

@@nickwallette6201 In the mid 1990s I drove about 25 miles to go to the opening of PC World in Southampton U.K.. The opening offers I bought were a 4x CD-ROM drive and a Soundcard for a total of about £90. The CD-ROM even came with a VHS tape explaining how to fit it ! About four years later we got our own PC-World just up the road. My first purchase there was my first Digital Camera; £400 for 3M Pixels. As CRTs turned into LCDs and Desktops into Laptops they ended up with aisles full of nothing but laptop bags. Then that store closed and moved to parent companies Curry's store where the computing section is an area about the size of a tennis court between the TVs and Cellphones.

Happy I'm not the only one who has really strong emotional responses to these videos. It's strange. I got my first proper computer in 1995. I was only 10. I never was deeply enmeshed in era of the tech scene. But I remember going to the local computer repaid store and being amazed at all the stuff in the store (not knowing what any of it was or did). But it still impacted me because I just *knew* it was a special time. There's something so wonderful about that era that I can't put my finger on. It makes me sad that it's gone.

Yes I paused right there too. That's too serious of a subject to joke about!

Yes…probably

When your $150 entry fee gets you a $1,000,000 win

@@deltaray3 if that really is an Apple I, we need to make sure LGR never lives it down!

@@Hiphopasaurus Hey. I've seen that board before. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-wmMnz090MOg.html

Seems like that's the ideal situation for people to volunteer?

Our goal is to clear the building, and there's a limit to how many people we can manage at a time. Partly because the front parking lot is pretty small. So if you come in the building, we will beg you to take our stuff with you when you go.

@@AndyGoth111 I wish there's like free international shipping for this lol. I want a lot of things from there but I live on the opposite side of the globe (and no, it's not Australia for those who're wondering).

Taken to good homes LOL...no it got put up for sale on Ebay for ridiculous prices for the most part.

Someone who pays a lot of money for an item is almost by default going to be a good home for these items for many reasons.

​@@wildbill23c Begone with your negativity. So what; you see someone who's expressing happiness over some small deed, and you feel it's your place in the world to not only contradict them, but to laugh at them for being so naive as to focus on the good that they see? No doubt many of those items were taken for profit, but so what? Firstly, you (or I, or anyone) don't have any idea what portion were sold on eBay, let alone how "ridiculous" the majority were priced. What we *do* know is that the people responsible for the collection put a lot of time and effort into making sure that it was distributed as widely as was feasible, instead of ending up in the trash. They also seem to have done a pretty good job laying aside special pieces for museums, and preventing any overwhelming portion from going to 1 single entity who could monopolize. And I'd argue that prices on eBay will, sooner or later, come down to reflect the value that these items hold to the community, against the value of the _time and effort_ that the sellers put in. Some people will always price gouge, of course, but on the whole it's a benefit to the community that many of these items are sold on ebay - _it allows them to find good homes_ You should try the whole positive thinking approach occasionally. Or if you can't manage that, at least realize that people who are optimistic aren't necessarily ignorant. Good Day Sir!

That place would make an epic music venue beer/wine bar.

@@brandonb3279 Sevier the skeevier ain't too far off from the most likely immediate fate, but in the end probably about 20-30% made it to a new home at a crazy profit. Another 20 probably got taken by collectors direct from store and the other 50% is either floating around online marketplaces or has been tossed out.

Yeah they made a killing off of these people. Easily over $100k just for unlocking a door.

@@kenfresno2125 $100K, really? Source on that - that's pretty incredible if true. I find it hard to believe that little gathering of people bought $100K of goods.

@@yellowblanka6058 Not that little gathering - LOTS of those little gatherings. It only takes 667 people at $150 a head to clear $100K. If they get 20 people over an average weekend, that's about eight and a half months - call it a year if they take some weekends off. If anything, $100K might be low.

@@DannyBeans Sure, but the way the original poster worded it implied that they made $100K from that single group, or at least that's how I interpreted it.

I was wondering what became of this place. For some reason i remember thinking that the owners who inherited it weren't interested in any of it, and thinking that it was soon set to be demolished. It was fairly disheartening to think about. But it looks like maybe i misunderstood or things changed since then... I'm just glad to see that at least so much has been salvaged and that things are going to museums. It would have just been such a waste.

This is legendary

HAHAH that burned monitor, it have been lived meaningful life. Yeah, I've seen text burned and sometimes background maybe, but cctv is good one!

@@jannejohansson3383 Moi Janne. Huvikseni vaan tässä kyselen, että oletko myös Suomesta?

Everyone like this so LGR can see! Great idea.

Great idea!

When is this final event day?

@@dougradtke No exact day; but it's sometime in April 2022. There's more details in the Facebook group

12 times ... that's a lot ! Can you imagine someone going even more times than that ? :D

@@Cherry1880 thanks for the heads up I just sent a join request. Legitimately I will go to Dallas for that final farewell final day for some retro finds.

@@psergiu I can, there's one guy ahead of me, he went 16 times.

Considering the immense amount of interesting things in that warehouse, I'm not surprised if he saw this more than just a business.

Btw the 8-Bit Guy wanted an Apple I - did he grab the Apple I or was it destined for a life as a museum exhibit?

@@Leofwine He built a clone system.

Computer Rest is a nice name for the place

I could really use a 98 or XP PC for gaming but don't have the money to travel to Texas

@@davidfoster7374 Rest in PC's

It's not going to shut down. The guy running it now is making a killing off of facebook suckers who pay him just to walk around and look at stuff. He's likely made around $100k for just showing up and opening the doors.

@@kenfresno2125 pay to walk around and look? What are you talking about?

Lucky!

I wish I could go just to visit. I don't have space or much desire to keep it, but I do have a desire to see it, experience it, in person. Damn.

You HAVE TO see Gate City and Weber City! NO vintage computers whatsoever. I HATE IT! THat's why I want to be ostracized from this area. Basically a fucking middle finger to vintage computers!

im using a pc that a garage upgraded it had been outside in all weather for over a year an was completely soaking wet. dried it out an plugged it in a booted right up.

Thanks for volunteering! Even now, the place is really amazing. Thanks for all your hard work!

Same

Exactly, I started playing games on the old family pc before getting me own. It’s gotta be much harder for kids nowadays to convince their parents to pay $1000+ for them to play video games.

On the flipside, RPi and Arduino have replaced those kinds of tinkerer's PCs for a while. And it's been a decent and adequate replacement IMO.

Ehhhh... I feel that's an exaggerated point of view. You can buy a lot of vintage PC for the cost of mid-level modern GPU and those are flying off the shelves. There's just more demand from the younger audience for newer hardware. It's been the same way in the car world for a long time. Guys complain about the rich old guys hoarding whatever classic cars while they showed up to the show in a new Camry that exceeds the value of whatever car they're they claim they can't afford.

@@Fay7666 Spot on. There is no cheaper time to be geeky than now, the possibilities are so much greater too. Old computers are fun but it was expensive to be a computer geek in the 80s and 90s.

We have emulation now which is, for the most part, free. If you want to know how software works, emulation is the way to go, since you can see the inner workings. Trying to fix problems on vintage hardware was incredibly difficult when they didn't have an OS or debugger and required very expensive hardware such as in-circuit emulators, which are now forgotten.

I have good news. If the stuff is ten years old it is probably worthless. If it is twenty five years old it is now valuable antiques. Last year I was trying to clear out my garage and realised what is now the most valuable computer I own had been sat there for ten years.

Hey, were you interested in microfiche readers? Or am I thinking of someone else? We still have two if you want them. :)

@@AndyGoth111 I think It was someone else, there are a few things I still want probably visit again soon, but no budget this week…

How much was the coke machine haha

I missed that. Good catch. How droll. :)

Hehe, funny joke, just like brandinshinga a rifle to spite parents of now dead children, hilarious

@@czarkowskipawelyt Not funny.

I've seen people show what has gone out since on the Facebook group (LGR was there for the weekend of the 22nd and 23rd of January - my session was on that Saturday afternoon) - and there is always this feeling of "Why didn't I see/get that?". "My table" has a cameo (with a volunteer next to it - the 7496 "Executive Workstation" I was gifted is already underneath) in what had to be within the first hour, but I'm not in any of this video footage. But I did recognize people in the same session as I was - and one of those 3290 terminals did come back with me too, and will be put back into service!

Hope all of you stay safe in the UK! That storm looks brutal.

Same

Wait for all this to blow over?

Same here in France.

Same here. Our weather is usually incredibly mild, especially in the North West where I am, with usually nothing resembling a storm! Stay safe.

I laughed so hard when I saw the paper clip!

He never had. This is just to spite people. Heck, it was 8-Bit Guy who claimed the IBM was rare. Instead he just bans people from the subreddit and disables RU-vid comments confusing minor criticism with hate speech.

@@czarkowskipawelyt Sick burn bro!

I watch David and Clint all the time, I must have missed this drama... what's up with the paperclip? Is the Dremel from his controversial restoration video (8-bit Guy)?

@@BigSchu22 8-bit guy was working on a rare IBM computer and shorted it with a paper clip trying to fix it. People lost their minds that he was sloppy in how he handled the hardware and lit up the comments so bad he disabled them for the video. I think the video is still available. Everyone has forgiven him LOL

God I wish something like that near me existed :(

Why the fuck can't they do hardware preservation in Kingsport?

You bet, I'm glad you're enjoying!

You just can't see the CR volunteer off to the side with a taser trained on David. Just in case.

That is the one 8-bit Guy Video that really irks me he really should have treated that computer with more respect.

@@WitchTrials92 That video pissed me off so much I haven't been back to his channel since.