PC Galore

Good web site — nice store — not overflowing with junk — quality 2^nd hand hardware — knowledgable staff — decent prices.
And a really cool computer museum display. :)

Didn’t talk down to me for not being a geek. Fixed more than I thought was wrong and the price was more than fair. And fast too

they have an attitude in this place: s
they charge too much and the always receive costumers with A LONG FACE. Not cool.
rude staff
go somewhere else if you can.

The owner of PC Galore, Gregory Baker, told me he’s always been fascinated by computers, particularly those with nostalgic value. Besides repairing and selling high-​end used and refurbished computer equipment, Baker’s got an impressive collection of vintage computers in his shop, which he rents as props for movies and TV shows – most recently Hot Tub Time Machine and Fringe.
Among the treasures in PC Galore: an Altair 8800 (the first mass-​produced PC (code courtesy of Bill Gates)); a circa-​1976 Sol 20 with attractive walnut panels; and a Digi-​Comp I made of plastic parts and sold for $ 5.95 in 1963.
Baker’s even got an old-​school cell phone: one of those grey, boxy numbers, which has proven to be a particularly popular rental for frat-​boy pranks.

I discovered something about myself today — I’m a tech geek, but for retro technology. So PC Galore’s window display and «museum» of old computers completely captivated me, catapulting me back to the time when I wished I had a Commodore 64 and when having a borrowed Apple for the summer to play Pong (or was it Breakout?) was the bomb. (For you amateur archaeologists, yah, I’m freaking old, OK?)
It’s not about the technology, it’s about the memories. Of those heady days in the late 70s/​early 80s when computers were slow, but new and nobody really knew what they were good for, but they wanted them anyway. As the quotations accompany each «exhibit» show, even heads of technology companies at the time had no idea what to make of home computers. Of monochrome screens and boxy designs and modems with flashing red lights, and look at that funny old Mac with the tiny screen and integrated disk drive — Caitlin wrote incendiary articles for the Degrassi Digest on one just like it — you go, girl!
They also have an Imsai 8080 — the computer Matthew Broderick almost started a nuclear war with in WarGames. With switches and all — all it needs is a rotary dial modem. Gloriously primitive, these machines held the seeds of the future. Kinda makes you think.
It was total geek fit reverie time. The guy working there seemed a bit scared. Next time you’re at the Naam or Momento, be sure to check it out for yourself.