Well, I had to pay for it, but I'd say the best thing "given" to me was my Altair 8800 (with more peripheral and memory cards than the bus could hold).
And by "pay" I mean I spent $100.00; the guy at Apache Reclamation was firm on the price, and wouldn't budge (I offered $50.00...) - he told me "some guy pulled it out last week from that trailer over there (pointing to the trailer behind it) - and told me it was an antique. $100.00"...
Yes, it was difficult to part with that hundred - I think I laughed all the way home.
After doing a bit of research, I found that mine has the rarer toggle switches (round handle instead of flat - IIRC, most were made with flat toggles); that night, I posted about it on a small Altair list, and was immediately offered a considerable sum more than what I paid for it. I declined; I intend to someday restore it to museum display quality if I can. It needs a lot of TLC, though...
