[GreenKeys] Mike Quinn Electronics -- last chance

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Brian & Group,

It's a bit too far for me to drive.  But if anyone gets down there next week 
and finds bins full of Cannon K-Series connectors, and wants to make a buck or 
two, I'm always looking for that stuff.  For example, I've been supplying 
connectors (and some other hardware) to collectors of the AN/ART-13 radio 
transmitter for more than 20 years, and recently have been having trouble finding 
metal hardware to put my custom made inserts into.  If anyone is going there and 
would be willing to look, contact me off list and I'll give you my phone 
number and probable good times to call.

Another thing to look for would be W-140 and WM-46/U Interphone Cable and 
W-128 and W-142 Antenna Cable.  I've pretty much cleaned Fair Radio out.

In a message dated 2/3/2006 12:29:27 AM Central Standard Time, 
brian at quarterbyte.com writes: 
> Any of you in the San Francisco Bay Area might want to know that the 
> venerable Mike Quinn Electronics in San Leandro, CA (down by the 
> Oakland Airport) closed last Saturday with virtually no advance 
> notice. Mike Quinn's is (was) one of the very last of the nitty 
> gritty electronics salvage shops left, with an emphasis on gritty.
> 
> I stopped by today, and mentioned to Maurice, the owner, that a lot 
> of people would have liked to have had one last shot at a visit. So, 
> he has extented an invitation to y'all to visit next week, Tuesday 
> through Friday February 7-10, 2006, during normal business hours, for 
> one last shopping spree. Buy some stuff to thank Maurice for keeping 
> it going all this time!
> 
> There are zillions of connectors and components, heaps of 
> transformers and power supplies, scads of cables and keyboards and 
> monitors and other PC junk, a jet fighter console or two, a couple of 
> early 80's HP desktop computers (the ones with built-in BASIC, can't 
> recall the model numbers), lots of relays, and much more, all 
> arranged in an archaeologically interesting and un-seismically-safe 
> way. If you need it, they have it, and they might even be able to 
> find it.
> 

Robert Downs - Houston
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