DeAnza College swap in Cupertino happens on the 2nd Sat of the month.
eBay has pretty much killed off anything of value there.
On 4/1/17 10:41 AM, Chris Elmquist via cctalk wrote:
> Are there any swap meets / flea markets in the area on weekends anymore?
>
Are there any swap meets / flea markets in the area on weekends anymore?
I will be there in a couple weeks with a free Friday and Saturday. With
Friday likely reserved for CHM, I'd track down a swap meet on Saturday
if such things still exist.
Chris NØJCF
On Friday (03/31/2017 at 09:17PM -0500
I thought the Vintage Computer festival west link might have recommended hotels
but I couldn't find anything for you.
I did a similar trip but needed to be quite a few hours south for my actual
destination. I didn't find a very cheap hotel either, and the under $100 one I
did find near long Beac
On 03/31/2017 11:17 AM, Al Kossow via cctalk wrote:
>
>
> On 3/30/17 9:29 PM, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote:
>
>> In the late 70s, on Evelyn in Sunnyvale, near Wolfe, I believe.
>
> That would be the original Halted location, Evelyn and Wolfe
>
> Halted moved to roughly laurence and central, th
On 3/30/17 9:29 PM, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote:
> In the late 70s, on Evelyn in Sunnyvale, near Wolfe, I believe.
That would be the original Halted location, Evelyn and Wolfe
Halted moved to roughly laurence and central, then moved to 3051 Corvin
last year.
The previous building was demolis
On Thu, Mar 30, 2017 at 5:05 PM, Rich Alderson via cctalk <
cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:
> and what there are are not
> easily within walking distance of good food (In 'n' Out does not qualify).
>
Them's fightin' words!
> Remember Haltek in Mountain View? (wasn't it at the dead end of Linda
> Vista? I bought my Tek 465 there.)
You don't mean Halted Electronics, do you? That should still be around.
I was passing through Sunnyvale on my way back south and picked up some
useful doodads at Weird Stuff, though it t
On 03/30/2017 08:56 PM, Bob Rosenbloom via cctalk wrote:
> Corporate Systems Center, and Martin, still exist, as Digital
> Loggers, on Walsh Av. I still work there, 20+ years...
I still have the manuals and software for his Fastcache and Fastecache
32 SCSI controllers. Got rid of the cards thems
On Thu, 30 Mar 2017, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote:
I recall when John Fry opened his store, the big seller was Canfield's
Diet Chocolate Fudge Soda. I thought it was dreadful, but people
bought it by the caselot. Fry's had a lot of Everex PC boards, much of
which was probably returns. And yo
On 03/30/2017 08:31 PM, Al Kossow via cctalk wrote:
> Phelen Ave in San Jose, which was before the larger place on Sycamore
> in Milpitas.
In the late 70s, on Evelyn in Sunnyvale, near Wolfe, I believe. I
could check my old records.
I recall when John Fry opened his store, the big seller was C
I have that book!
George Rachor
> On Mar 30, 2017, at 8:56 PM, Bob Rosenbloom via cctalk
> wrote:
>
> On 3/30/2017 8:42 PM, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote:
>> On Thu, 30 Mar 2017, jim stephens via cctalk wrote:
>>> Across from the side of the road that original Frys was on was a TOGO's
>>> that
From: Rick Bensene
Sent: Thursday, March 30, 2017 2:18 PM
> What I'm asking for is help/recommendations in terms of a good hotel to
> stay at that is relatively close to the museum. I don't want to be in a
> luxury hotel, nor do I want to be in a dive. I'd also like to be in a
> place that has a
On 3/30/2017 8:42 PM, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote:
On Thu, 30 Mar 2017, jim stephens via cctalk wrote:
Across from the side of the road that original Frys was on was a
TOGO's that filled the parking lot and 2 or three nicely stocked junk
stores, which changed frequently. The guys who did the H
On Thu, 30 Mar 2017, jim stephens via cctalk wrote:
Across from the side of the road that original Frys was on was a TOGO's that
filled the parking lot and 2 or three nicely stocked junk stores, which
changed frequently. The guys who did the Hard Disk drive guide book had
their original store
On 3/30/17 8:35 PM, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote:
>The guys who did the Hard Disk drive guide book had their
>> original store in there
Corporate Systems Center
their main office was on Maude
Bonus points for those who remember their original original location.
Across from the side of the road that original Frys was on was a TOGO's that
filled the parking lot and 2 or three nicely stocked junk stores, which
changed frequently. The guys who did the Hard Disk drive guide book had
t
On 3/30/2017 8:15 PM, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote:
Bonus points for those who remember their original original location.
--Chuck
General area of lots of good junking back in the day was here. I think
Halted is the last one of
the originals to leave. They moved to a place on Ryder and that
On 3/30/2017 8:15 PM, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote:
Bonus points for those who remember their original original location.
--Chuck
Halted? We drove by there, could get address off google.
Weird Stuff used to be across from the original Frys, then Frys move
across the street with the Giant
On 3/30/17 8:15 PM, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote:
> On 03/30/2017 08:04 PM, jim stephens via cctalk wrote:
>> As to recommendations, I like the Country Inn & Suites by Carlson in
>> Sunnyvale, which is at Ca 237 and Caribbean. If you run around by
>> the bay is Weird Stuff, and it is about 2 or
On 03/30/2017 08:04 PM, jim stephens via cctalk wrote:
> As to recommendations, I like the Country Inn & Suites by Carlson in
> Sunnyvale, which is at Ca 237 and Caribbean. If you run around by
> the bay is Weird Stuff, and it is about 2 or so miles from the CHM.
> At 237 Caribbean becomes Lawren
On 3/30/2017 6:58 PM, CuriousMarc via cctalk wrote:
Beware, the Museum is closed Mondays and Tuesdays. Live demos of the IBM 1401
are on Wednesdays 3 pm and Saturdays 11 am. The PDP-1 is demoed more rarely, on
some Saturdays in the afternoon. More details here:
http://www.computerhistory.org/
I'd look at hotels on El Camino in Mountain View or Palo Alto, maybe near San
Antonio road. There are a whole bunch of smaller hotels along there. Warning:
this is California, Silicon Valley and more specifically Google land, so hotels
tend to be full and rather expensive for what they are, as y
You want the Hampton Inn.
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Hampton+Inn+%26+Suites+Mountain+View/@37.3950988,-122.0791475,15.53z/data=!4m8!1m2!2m1!1shotels+near+Mountain+View,+CA!3m4!1s0x0:0xc7d978e934c5a2ca!8m2!3d37.3988499!4d-122.0754889
It is walking distance to the light rail station and Castr
On Mar 30, 2017, at 4:17 PM, Rick Bensene via cctalk wrote:
> Hello, all,
>
> In mid-June, I am planning a trip to Mountain View for two days to visit the
> Computer History Museum.
>
> I plan on flying out of Portland early AM on June 14, checking into hotel,
> then heading straight to the
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