[GreenKeys] NYT: A Haven for Spare Parts

[Bryan Brodie]

should be some cool TTY parts there...

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/05/technology/personaltech/05basics.html

"MOST retailers would recoil in horror at the thought of keeping
unsold products on their shelves for 30 years. Not Halted Specialties
Company. It’s willing to hold on to a few thousand vacuum tubes just
in case the right buyer happens to wander into the store, be it this
decade or the next.

For close to 50 years, Halted has supplied the do-it-yourself
electronics enthusiasts so common in Silicon Valley with just about
anything they could imagine. Like the many electronics stores once
populating the area, Halted helped turn entrepreneurs’ inklings into
huge success stories. These days, however, Halted caters more to
hobbyists than titans of industry because much of the fundamental
computing manufacturing has moved to Asia.

Halted, in Santa Clara, Calif., is one of the last of a dying breed —
a rough-around-the-edges electronics wonderland meant for people who
just can’t find what they need at stores like Best Buy and Fry’s
Electronics."