[Milsurplus] Re: Weirdstuff Warehouse

J. Forster jfor at quik.com
Sun Sep 12 18:28:04 EDT 2004


Ugly machines. Try PDP-8s and DG Novas  :=))
-John

Patrick Jankowiak wrote:

> Who needs current hardware? They had pdp11 and VAXen! :)
>
> aGEnuine Ham wrote:
> > It has been several years since I visited them, the last time was just
> > after they moved, and incorporated some of Haltek's stock.  They had
> > moved from the vicinity of the original Fry's in Sunnyvale out to
> > Carribean Ave. just East of Moffett, and right around the corner from the
> > abandoned Lockheed(?) facility.  I went by that area some months later,
> > and the whole area was being "urban renewed", and I couldn't see a way to
> > get to their location any longer, so I don't know if they are there or
> > not.
> >
> > Weirdstuff specialized in obsolete computer hardware.  If you needed a 8"
> > floppy drive, they had it.  If you needed CPM software, they had it.  If
> > you were looking for current hardware or software, forget it.
> >
> > 73,
> > George
> > W5VPQ





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