Re: Trip to CHM - Hotel/Restaurant Advice

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? >

Re: Trip to CHM - Hotel/Restaurant Advice

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

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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

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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,

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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

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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!

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> 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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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:

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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

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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

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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