27 Oct
1998
27 Oct
'98
9:07 a.m.
Tim said:
One decent source in the area is the Terrapin Trader,
the University
of Maryland's surplus outlet in College Park. For more info, see
http://www.inform.umd.edu/PURCHASE/terptrad/
Thanks Tim.
Speaking of road trips:
Next month I going to take my two weeks vacation to retrieve our
belongings from storage in Manassas Virginia, where we left them
11 years ago. I'm excited to be finally getting my two analog
computers out here to California. Anyway, we will be driving
back to California from Nov 14-22. I'm hoping to stop at a few
places on the way back, looking for (real old) computer stuff.
We already plan to stop in Pennslyvania,Ohio - Lima and Aurora,
Michigan - Benton Harbor and Ann Arbor,Chicago,St. Louis,and
New Mexico - Albuquerque.
If anyone knows of good places to look, and want to share the
secret, let me know.
What kind of places? Places that dark and dirty. Places with
junk arranged in piles. Places with vacuum tube equipment.
(I would love to find an example of a vacuum tube analog computer)
Places you won't want your kids to play in.
On another note: Does anyone in Florida have more information
about the plans to tear down the original control room at
the Kennedy Space Center? (It was on the news)
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Doug Coward
Press Start Inc.
Sunnyvale,CA
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