The Dallas warehouse that became a mecca for vintage computer collectors
Computer Reset, Dallas
Computer Reset, a legendary used computer store and warehouse in northeast Dallas, was packed floor to ceiling with IBM gear and retro parts from the 1980s onward. After owner Richard Byron died in 2019, volunteers spent three years emptying the 18,000-square-foot building, saving much of the inventory from scrap and putting it back into the hands of enthusiasts.
It was a case of not being able to sell stuff because they couldn't reopen the building but not being able to reopen because of not being able to sell the stuff that was in the way.
- kdot
Brings back memories of the computer show underneath the highway in Dallas.
- tombert
I lived in Dallas for three years, and yet somehow I had never heard of this place until I saw the LGR video about it closing, at which point I had run away to NYC
Kind of sad, I think I would have very much enjoyed the place if I had known about it.
- MichaelRo
This is the part that struck me: "According to the local government’s property records, the building was worth $1.6 million for tax purposes. The tax liability on the property was $46,000 a year."
Do I read this right that the owner of that building would be owing 2.875% tax per year on the market value of the building?
Because that would be in line with what I hear about US property tax and seems insane to me. At that rate you're not owning anything, you're renting. At that rate that's not the land of the free, that's a lifetime of indentured servitude.