To all with interest in IBM 7090 - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

13 Aug 2012

On Mon, 13 Aug 2012 20:01:41 +0100 (BST), ard at p850ug1.demon.co.uk (Tony 
Duell) wrote:
...
  I am going to define 'London' as the area I
can get to with a London bus
 Pas (I do not mean the 'City of London', I mean an area about 30 miles by
 30 miles. In 'London' I know of preceisely_one_  shop tht sells a
 reasoanble range of electronic components [1]. I know of no shops that
 will sell me small-ish qunatiites of common engineering metals (say 1m of
 1/2" diamaeter CZ121 bras rodd, or similar free-machining mild steel). I
 know of no shop that sells 'engineering' tools (lathe and mil lcutting
 tools, individual sockets, spanenrs, etc). That sucks. I can get all of that in a
town less than 1/10 the size of 
London (admittedly it is the second largest town in this country). The 
largest distributor in Sweden has a shop where you can get the most 
frequently ordered items from their catalogue over the counter, and the 
rest of what they have in stock next day. Not far from there, there is a 
shop that sells any machine tool or part you may want. None of them are 
cheap, but you can get what you need.

Jonas