15 Sep
2013
15 Sep
'13
12:51 p.m.
The DEC pricing model for supplies like floppy media
and
tapes was one of the irritating aspects of using DEC hardware.
Hobby users usually found a work around. But I guess when
THe pricing for spare parts was out of this world!. I don't mean custom
parts like complete PCBs or custom ICs, I mean standard electronic parts
that you could get from just about any electornics compnents supplier --
trnasistors, TTL ICs, frontpanel bulbs, etc. I remember being quoted a
price for somethign (I forget what) and actually asking 'Is that for one,
or a pack of 100?'
Needless to say I never used genuine DEC spares...
-tony