Does anyone
know of a good second hand supplier of parts for XT's?
I need a replacement keyboard, and would prefer to get an original
replacement. Would also like to know where to get things like
controller
cards, full height IBM 360K floppy drives, and
low capacity MFM and
RLL
harddrives.
Stuff like you want isn't usually carried by the mainstream
merchandisers. (Though I'd expect you could find XT keyboards
without too much difficulty; I remember buying some keyboards at Fry's
just
last year that were switchable between XT and AT via a little slide
switch on the bottom.) You're best bet is to hit the electronic
surplus stores in your area and dig through their bins. Here
in Vancouver, there's a place called "Computer Warehouse" which
has an excellent supply of XT- and AT-era hardware, including
floppies, controller cards, and MFM drives. When I lived in LA,
All Electronics (especially their big store on Oxnard in Van Nuys)
was a good source of this stuff. University and school surplus
auctions are also a good place to find this sort of stuff.
Tell us where you are and someone
local to you may be able to point you in the right direction.
Tim.
Here in the Dallas area, there are several good surplus stores. I saw
full height hard drives for $1.00 last week, XT keyboards (original IBM)
are usually around $3-5.00. Also we have a computer fllea market the
first Saturday of each month. I bought a mint CalComp "E" size pen
plotter with over 200 pens for $100.00 yesterday at First Saturday.
James