[svlug] OT: "Legacy" hardware sources online

J C Lawrence claw at kanga.nu
Thu Aug 17 19:34:01 PDT 2000


On Thu, 17 Aug 2000 13:18:16 -0700 (PDT) 
Tin Le <tin at le.org> wrote:

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>> There have, on this list, been references to sources for older or
>> out-of-production hardware and peripherals.  Are any of these
>> places doing business online?  (Being, as I am, in North Carolina
>> it is a bit difficult to cruise over to the store after work....)

> When they were still in business, I like to go to Weird Stuff in
> Sunnyvale.  It's been a couple of years since then.  Oh well, it
> was a fun place to go and browse, and see machines that I used to
> work with sitting on the floor :-)

They're still in business up on Mathilda (unless they've disappeared 
in the last couple weeks).

> Anyway, another place I like to go and look for surplus, plus old
> stuff is JDR Microdevices at
> http://www.jdr.com/interact/default.asp.  They've been around for
> years and years, and do accept mail order.  I've bought from them
> back in 1979, when they first started.

Haltek and Halted are other good sources along with Action Computer
on Lawrence.

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