Re: WeirdStuff going out of business

[Zane Healy via cctalk]

> On Apr 5, 2018, at 9:31 PM, Chuck Guzis via cctalk  
> 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

Re: WeirdStuff going out of business

[Chuck Guzis via cctalk]

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

Re: WeirdStuff going out of business

[Eric Korpela via cctalk]

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.

I'm crushed.

On Thu, Apr 5, 2018 at 5:21 PM, Al Kossow via cctalk 
wrote:

> Last Day is this Sunday
>
> http://www.vcfed.org/forum/showthread.php?63045-
> WeirdStuff-is-going-out-of-buisiness-(
>
> since I can't attach a picture here
>
>


-- 
Eric Korpela
korp...@ssl.berkeley.edu
AST:7731^29u18e3

Re: WeirdStuff going out of business

[Jon Elson via cctalk]

On 04/05/2018 07:21 PM, Al Kossow via cctalk wrote:

Last Day is this Sunday


HOLY MOLY!  Well, that marks the end on an era!  I have a 
bunch of really interesting test gear from there.


Jon

Re: WeirdStuff going out of business

[Zane Healy via cctalk]

> On Apr 5, 2018, at 5:35 PM, Al Kossow via cctalk  
> wrote:
> 
> 
> 
>> On 4/5/18 5:34 PM, Ethan Dicks via cctalk wrote:
>> 
>> You have to be logged into the vcfed.org Forum to see images posted there.
> 
> forgot about that..
> wonder why they do that?

That seems to be a common configuration with web forums.

Zane 

Re: WeirdStuff going out of business

[Al Kossow via cctalk]

On 4/5/18 5:34 PM, Ethan Dicks via cctalk wrote:

> You have to be logged into the vcfed.org Forum to see images posted there.

forgot about that..
wonder why they do that?

Re: WeirdStuff going out of business

[Ethan Dicks via cctalk]

>> On Apr 5, 2018, at 8:21 PM, Al Kossow via cctalk  
>> wrote:
On Thu, Apr 5, 2018 at 8:31 PM, Paul Koning via cctalk
 wrote:
>> http://www.vcfed.org/forum/showthread.php?63045-WeirdStuff-is-going-out-of-buisiness-(
>
> I get a message saying I don't have permission to see that picture.

You have to be logged into the vcfed.org Forum to see images posted there.

-ethan

Re: WeirdStuff going out of business

[Ethan Dicks via cctalk]

On Thu, Apr 5, 2018 at 8:21 PM, Al Kossow via cctalk
 wrote:
> Last Day is this Sunday
>
> http://www.vcfed.org/forum/showthread.php?63045-WeirdStuff-is-going-out-of-buisiness-(

Bummer.  I bought many things from them on my visits to the Bay Area
in the 90s.  I still have a Weird Stuff poster hanging up in my
machine room.

RIP.

-ethan

Re: WeirdStuff going out of business

[Paul Koning via cctalk]

I get a message saying I don't have permission to see that picture.

paul

> On Apr 5, 2018, at 8:21 PM, Al Kossow via cctalk  
> wrote:
> 
> Last Day is this Sunday
> 
> http://www.vcfed.org/forum/showthread.php?63045-WeirdStuff-is-going-out-of-buisiness-(
> 
> since I can't attach a picture here
> 

WeirdStuff going out of business

[Al Kossow via cctalk]

Last Day is this Sunday

http://www.vcfed.org/forum/showthread.php?63045-WeirdStuff-is-going-out-of-buisiness-(

since I can't attach a picture here

Re: eBay: Anyone need a DLV11-J?

[Noel Chiappa via cctalk]

> From: Bill Gunshannon

> Caution!! The DSD board has some broken chips and bent pins and all of
> them look like they spent time in muddy water.

Thanks for catching that. I looked at it, saw that it was a DLV11-J, which I
didn't need, and so didn't look any harder.

Noel

Re: ISO: Corvus Concept parts

[Al Kossow via cctalk]

I also scrapped about a dozen Omnidrives, but kept the controller boards
mostly because all of the MFM drives were bad.

They are standalone Omninet disk servers


On 4/5/18 9:54 AM, Al Kossow via cctalk wrote:
> I will be going through my Concepts over the next few months assembling 
> systems to sell.
> I have a LOT of stuff for these systems.
> Most of the software has been dumped and is on bitsavers.
> 
> There is a simulation running in MAME.
> 
> The software is fairly primitive, they came out just before mice and GUIs 
> took over the world.
> 
> 
> 
> On 4/4/18 10:52 PM, Josh Dersch via cctalk wrote:
>> I picked up a Corvus Concept CPU unit about a decade ago now, and I've yet 
>> to track down any other parts for it. Looking
>> for keyboards, monitors, drives, peripherals software -- anything. If 
>> anyone's got any parts, please drop me a line. 
>> Always wanted to see one run...
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Josh
>>
> 

Re: ISO: Corvus Concept parts

[Al Kossow via cctalk]

I will be going through my Concepts over the next few months assembling systems 
to sell.
I have a LOT of stuff for these systems.
Most of the software has been dumped and is on bitsavers.

There is a simulation running in MAME.

The software is fairly primitive, they came out just before mice and GUIs took 
over the world.



On 4/4/18 10:52 PM, Josh Dersch via cctalk wrote:
> I picked up a Corvus Concept CPU unit about a decade ago now, and I've yet to 
> track down any other parts for it. Looking
> for keyboards, monitors, drives, peripherals software -- anything. If 
> anyone's got any parts, please drop me a line. 
> Always wanted to see one run...
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Josh
> 

Re: eBay: Anyone need a DLV11-J? -POOR CONDITION

[Bob Rosenbloom via cctalk]

On 4/5/2018 5:17 AM, Noel Chiappa via cctalk wrote:

This is listed under a useless title:

   https://www.ebay.com/itm/292503681011

But it's (currently) cheap (don't all bid against each other ;-).

 Noel

I bought a Tektronix 4010 interface board from this seller. It's 
basically destroyed. The boards have been sitting outside for
many years and there is a large amount of corrosion, broken chips and 
capacitors, and most important, the PCB material
is delaminating, damaging traces. I would buy them only if there's some 
very hard to get part you might need.


Bob

--
Vintage computers and electronics
www.dvq.com
www.tekmuseum.com
www.decmuseum.org

Re: RL01/RL02 emulator needed -- (was Many thanks to Glen's Vintage Computer Info)

[Ethan Dicks via cctalk]

On Thu, Apr 5, 2018 at 1:06 AM, Paul Anderson via cctalk
 wrote:
> I'm sure DILOG and others companies made them, but I haven't found my DILOG
> book yet.

DQ614 emulates 1-4 RL02 drives on an ST506/ST412-interface drive (and
FWIW, the DQ615 is an RK06/RK07 emulator).

There's a page of switch/jumper settings on Bitsavers.

-ethan

Re: eBay: Anyone need a DLV11-J?

[Bill Gunshannon via cctalk]

Caution!!  The DSD board has some broken chips and bent pins and

all of them look like they spent time in muddy water.


bill


On 04/05/2018 08:17 AM, Noel Chiappa via cctalk wrote:
> This is listed under a useless title:
>
>https://www.ebay.com/itm/292503681011
>
> But it's (currently) cheap (don't all bid against each other ;-).
>
>  Noel

eBay: Anyone need a DLV11-J?

[Noel Chiappa via cctalk]

This is listed under a useless title:

  https://www.ebay.com/itm/292503681011

But it's (currently) cheap (don't all bid against each other ;-).

Noel