All, About 2 months ago, I reported that I'd been contacted by an electronics surplus vendor in Kerrville, TX, and would check out the site. After finally making the trip this weekend, I can report; been there, done that, got pictures. That address is sales(a)elecplus.com, by the way, phone 830-792-3400. I'm still in input overload. The place is simply amazing. Northern Californians will remember what Weird Stuff was like back before it was "cool"; this place is at least its equal, in my opinion. Among the things I saw and photographed that I thought folks on this list might be interested in were: MicroVax 3600 and 2 associated cabinets with RA82 and TU81Plus drives. Sadly, the processor cards were gone *but* were expected back. TRS-80 Color Computer, with external floppy and hard drives. Commodore SX64, complete. Dec DF03 modem (?) and 2 DEC Scholar Modems. A Fluke "interface pod" that looks like an ICE for a 6802 or 6808 2 Gridcase 1537 and 4 battery packs Large IBM terminal-looking thing with 2 8-inch floppies. Wang big iron cabinets, I forget what was in them. Things not photographed included: HP 7935A drives (no packs) a Compaq 386 luggable with a red plasma display and an electronics parts cross-reference program on it (historically interesting software?) There was a *whole lot* more. Workstations and large servers by Sun, Dec, and others. Laptops, CDs, modems, Laserdisk interactive players, printers of every type and size, plotters, scanners, power supplies, disks, etc. The ratio of classic to contemporary stuff looked to be *way* above 1:1. I brought my digital camera, and goggled and fluttered the shutter until an hour past their closing time (2 PM on Saturdays). They didn't say a word about that, by the way, until I said I'd promised my family I'd be back by three at the latest and they shocked me by saying it was 3:15 and would I like to use their phone to call? Which is a pretty good indicator of what kind of folks they are to deal with, and of how much fun I was having. So the bottom line is I have about 89 digital photos of the stuff that looked interesting to me, but no web site or good way to display it to you guys. I can mailbomb anybody that's interested with the whole 31.3 MB of jpegs, or you can tell me what type stuff you are interested in and I can try to pick for you, or I can send you a list of picture titles. If any of you have website space, time, and inclination, a better idea would be for me to send you the pictures, let you put it on your site, and post the url back here, and everyone else can go virtual catalog shopping. Ram, there were big piles of boards. I didn't check for, and forgot even to ask about, Transputers. Next visit I will, or you can email and ask yourself. Fantasy overload warning: Cindy, the owner, pointed out that I didn't even get around to seeing the historically "good stuff". Original-box type things, she says she has in her garage. I can't recall what all she says she has but it's probably worth an email if you have specific "want" items. She listed a lot off the top of her head, and I was too boggled to take notes. Minor caution: Cindy the owner is pretty straight-laced about not allowing any surplus military stuff to get out without being pretty sure it no longer has sensitive info on it. (Yes, DRMO is *supposed* to take care of that.) If you want something that *might* be sensitive, you'll probably have to work out some way to assure her that it's wiped properly before you get it. As before, I can help with transportation if needed. I have a '68 Plymouth Sport Suburban wagon (= Fury III wagon, really. 15.86 mpg on the 120-mi highway round trip to Kerrville, if it's of interest, Geoff), so I can get big boxes to San Antonio International airport, etc. without too much trouble. Disclaimer: Not affiliated, just a well-satisfied customer. Thinking hard about how to increase my alloted classic-computer storage space. Let me know here or at mtapley(a)swri.edu if you would be willing to web-host jpegs. - Mark