WeirdStuff going out of business

[Zane Healy]

I really need to check out SurplusGizmos.  I’ve not been there since they were on the south side of the Highway.  I literally grew up going to the Tek Country Store, even now some of the furniture in my house came from there, and a lot of it at my parents did.  Still today, one of my prized finds from there is a hand-held IBM Card Punch that is still in the box.  It’s sitting about 5 feet from where I am now. :-)

I used to have several good places to hunt.  Thankfully I don’t any more, as I have more than I know what to do with.  I suspect Eco Binary probably sees some classic stuff, but I don’t think they attempt to sell it.  They’re a good source for non-Classic stuff.  

Zane





> On Apr 6, 2018, at 9:54 AM, Randy Dawson <rdawson16 at hotmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Zane,
> The Country Store is still going, and while you are there check the museum, VintageTek next door.
> Surplus Gizmos in Hillsboro looks to still be in business:
> http://www.surplusgizmos.com/ <http://www.surplusgizmos.com/>
> Welcome to SurplusGizmos.com, LLC - We sell the Gizmos ... <http://www.surplusgizmos.com/>
> www.surplusgizmos.com <http://www.surplusgizmos.com/>
> Welcome to the web store of SurplusGizmos.com <http://surplusgizmos.com/>, LLC. Our retail store is located: 5797 NW Cornelius Pass Road, Hillsboro Oregon, 97124 (503-439-1249)
> Randy
> 
> 
> From: cctalk <cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org <mailto:cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org>> on behalf of Zane Healy via cctalk <cctalk at classiccmp.org <mailto:cctalk at classiccmp.org>>
> Sent: Thursday, April 5, 2018 9:38 PM
> To: Chuck Guzis; General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
> Subject: Re: WeirdStuff going out of business
>  
> 
> > On Apr 5, 2018, at 9:31 PM, Chuck Guzis via cctalk <cctalk at classiccmp.org <mailto:cctalk at classiccmp.org>> wrote:
> > 
> > On 04/05/2018 08:16 PM, Eric Korpela via cctalk wrote:
> >> I'm not religious, but I consider this a sign of the apocalypse.
> >> 
> >> I've got bags of stuff I've purchase there (including in its old location)
> >> that I haven't had time to deal/play with.
> > 
> > It is sad--in the 70s and 80s, the Bay area was rife with surplus
> > places.   Many an engineer working for a startup cruised those floors.
> > 
> > But how much stuff is actually manufactured in the Santa Clara valley
> > now?  I suspect that the bulk of manufacturing is done elsewhere.
> > 
> > I went to school in Chicago and can remember the surplus electronics
> > places on South Michigan Avenue.   They were probably gone by the mid 70s.
> > 
> > So too were the local parts places--you know, the ones with real parts
> > counters.
> > 
> > Heck, I still have stuff I purchased at Sunnyvale Electronics.
> > 
> > It's a different world now.
> > 
> > --Chuck
> 
> Here in the Silicon Forest, “Wacky Willies” has been gone for longer than I care to remember.  I don’t know if the “Tek Country Store” is still around in any form.  Even the non-Surplus Electronics Parts places around here are long gone. :-(
> 
> Zane