30 Jan
1998
30 Jan
'98
3:56 p.m.
At 01:21 AM 1/30/98 -0600, you wrote:
I don't know of any *real* military surplus stores
around SF anymore;
though you'd think there would be some, what with Mare Island Naval
ShipYard, Treasure Island, Alameda (Nuclear Wessels!), The Presidio, etc.
There are a few electronics surplus stores around, especially down in the
(silicon) valley.
I wasn't into computers at the time (I was 6 or 7) But my father used to
take me on Dumpster Safaris at Charleston Naval Base, where he worked
(civilian). Man, they used to throw out all sorts of stuff, some of it just
had a few scratches on it. I remember seeing oscilloscopes, radio gear,
terminals, tools, office furniture, you could live in one of those
dumpsters (Hey, I was 6. I didn't have great expectations.) My big thing
back then was swapping wires on connections, juicing it up, and see what
explodes. Now I'm all grown up! :)
-John Higginbotham-
-limbo.netpath.net-
30 Jan
30 Jan
12:01 p.m.
I wasn't into computers at the time (I was 6 or 7) But my father used to
take me on Dumpster Safaris at Charleston Naval Base, where he worked
(civilian). Man, they used to throw out all sorts of stuff, some of it just
had a few scratches on it. I remember seeing oscilloscopes, radio gear,
terminals, tools, office furniture, you could live in one of those
dumpsters (Hey, I was 6. I didn't have great expectations.) My big thing
back then was swapping wires on connections, juicing it up, and see what
explodes. Now I'm all grown up! :)
-John Higginbotham-
-limbo.netpath.net-
My former step-father took me to that dump often;
Hoo boy! Done that and been there! :)) The dump belonged to a small
miltary base nothing to write about, all you find is usual household
stuff and rare office stuff. No hard goodie stuff seen. :( boo
hiss! Only once, partially parted out dial-type wet-type
toner copier.
Threw few bad lightbulbs, some bounced about like basketball, some
shattered on first impact or second. :) Sometimes we needed some
parts to take and sometimes we used a spade to literally chop off
thick bundle of wires to seperate the 2 parts. And endless supply of
working top quality vacuum cleaners!?! Decent tear down, cleaned
and taken care of ended up many perfect working condition stuff from
there.
Jason D.
email: jpero(a)cgo.wave.ca
Pero, Jason D.
4:07 p.m.
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31 Jan
31 Jan
3:03 a.m.
As far as military surplus electronics goes, the
end-all and be-all will
always be Fair Radio Sales of Lima, OH. They're even on the web now:
http://alpha.wcoil.com/~fairadio/
I have been there a couple of times, and while it is Mecca for the vintage
(especially military) radio collectors, they have very little computer
stuff.
William Donzelli
william(a)ans.net
2 Feb
2 Feb
4:57 a.m.
>I
don't know of any *real* military surplus stores around SF anymore;
>though you'd think there would be some, what with Mare Island Naval
>ShipYard, Treasure Island, Alameda (Nuclear Wessels!), The Presidio, etc.
>
>There are a few electronics surplus stores around, especially down in the
>(silicon) valley.
As far as military surplus electronics goes, the end-all and be-all will
always be Fair Radio Sales of Lima, OH. They're even on the web now:
http://alpha.wcoil.com/~fairadio/
Tim. (shoppa(a)triumf.ca)
5:47 a.m.
Yeah, but they're still a rip-off. Their prices
were high in the
late 70's when I used to get their catalog, and they're high now.
And they keep selling the stuff!
The reasons that the stuff is not "hamfest special priced" is that they
can get decent money for some of the stuff from foriegn governments, and
that they have a huge overhead. When you buy surplus from the military,
you buy lots, not items. You may have to purchase six tons of dented
waveguides just to get the nice HP frequency counters buried below.
William Donzelli
william(a)ans.net
30 Jan
30 Jan
9:50 p.m.
John Higginbotham wrote:
dumpsters (Hey, I was 6. I didn't have great
expectations.) My big thing
back then was swapping wires on connections, juicing it up, and see what
explodes. Now I'm all grown up! :)
It's more fun now. You can swap wires, juice it up and _know_ what
explodes.
--
Ward Griffiths
Dylan: How many years must some people exist,
before they're allowed to be free?
WDG3rd: If they "must" exist until they're "allowed",
they'll never be free.
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