14 Jun
2009
14 Jun
'09
1:43 a.m.
On Sat, Jun 13, 2009 at 5:52 PM, Dave McGuire<mcguire at neurotica.com> wrote:
?Thrift stores rock. ?I scored a NEC PC-8201 a few
years ago, and I've
gotten a few nice HP calculators, and countless good technical books. ?That
might sound pretty thin, but classic computers are quite rare in Florida...I
still make regular rounds of the thrift stores. :)
I forgot about technical books. They had a huge book selection there.
I'll have to peruse that next time I go.
I can't remember where Port Charlotte is. But the next time you're in
Orlando, you have to go to SkyCraft. It's on Fairbanks next to I-4.
It's the building with the UFO on the roof. I haven't been to Orlando
in years, so I hope it's still there. But I wish I had a similar
store close to me in chicago.
For those of you not familiar, it's a surplus electronics store. Most
of us would spend hours there. They buy up large surplus stocks of
various electronic components and test equipment. LED displays, ICs,
transistors, capacitors, stepper motors... everything. They had
complete boards you could cannibalize, and also working controller
boards of all kids. They also had a large selection of oscilloscopes
there, and a collection of 19" racks outside. I haven't been there in
15 years. Next time I visit family, I'll have to stop there.
brian