[Milsurplus] Re: Weirdstuff Warehouse

Patrick Jankowiak recycler at swbell.net
Sun Sep 12 21:41:05 EDT 2004


The pdp11/05 is nice. lights and switches.

I have 5 pdp-8's, yes they are sweet. I like VAXen because I use 
VMS, but of late have migrated to Alpha.

BTW I have four 11/780's :)

I am going to sell this stuff soon if anyone is interested.

Patrick

J. Forster wrote:

> Ugly machines. Try PDP-8s and DG Novas  :=))
> -John
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> Patrick Jankowiak wrote:
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>>Who needs current hardware? They had pdp11 and VAXen! :)
>>
>>aGEnuine Ham wrote:
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>>>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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