Re: WeirdStuff going out of business

[Toby Thain via cctalk]

On 2018-04-06 8:35 PM, Douglas Taylor via cctalk wrote:
> On 4/5/2018 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
>>
> What's going to happen to all the weird stuff?
> 
> 

You don't really want to know.

Re: WeirdStuff going out of business

[alan--- via cctalk]

On 2018-04-05 20:21, 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


Apparently no one get's the April Fools joke... sad really.

Re: WeirdStuff going out of business

[Douglas Taylor via cctalk]

On 4/5/2018 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


What's going to happen to all the weird stuff?

Re: WeirdStuff going out of business

[Chuck Guzis via cctalk]

Is Surplus Sales of Nebraska still in the game?

https://www.surplussales.com/

Here's a 5-year old list of places that Jeff Duntemann created.

https://www.contrapositivediary.com/?p=2726

I remember John Meshna's operation fondly.  He had some great stuff.

--Chuck

Re: WeirdStuff going out of business

[Adrian Graham via cctalk]

> On 6 Apr 2018, at 20:34, Philip Pemberton via cctalk  
> wrote:
> 
> On 06/04/18 17:54, Randy Dawson via cctalk 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/
>> 
>> Welcome to SurplusGizmos.com, LLC - We sell the Gizmos 
>> ...
>> www.surplusgizmos.com
>> Welcome to the web store of SurplusGizmos.com, LLC. Our retail store is 
>> located: 5797 NW Cornelius Pass Road, Hillsboro Oregon, 97124 (503-439-1249)
> 
> A bit further afield (Garland, Texas), there's BG Micro -
> https://www.bgmicro.com/ 

Wow, I’d completely forgotten about them. I bought a load of 2114 RAM chips 
from them in 2001 and still haven’t used them all. Nice to see they still exist 
and are still selling 2114s :)

—
Adrian
www.binarydinosaurs.co .uk

Re: WeirdStuff going out of business

[Philip Pemberton via cctalk]

On 06/04/18 17:54, Randy Dawson via cctalk 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/
> 
> Welcome to SurplusGizmos.com, LLC - We sell the Gizmos 
> ...
> www.surplusgizmos.com
> Welcome to the web store of SurplusGizmos.com, LLC. Our retail store is 
> located: 5797 NW Cornelius Pass Road, Hillsboro Oregon, 97124 (503-439-1249)

A bit further afield (Garland, Texas), there's BG Micro -
https://www.bgmicro.com/



-- 
Phil.
classic...@philpem.me.uk
http://www.philpem.me.uk/

Re: WeirdStuff going out of business

[Zane Healy via cctalk]

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  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/ 
> Welcome to SurplusGizmos.com, LLC - We sell the Gizmos ... 
> 
> www.surplusgizmos.com 
> Welcome to the web store of SurplusGizmos.com , 
> LLC. Our retail store is located: 5797 NW Cornelius Pass Road, Hillsboro 
> Oregon, 97124 (503-439-1249)
> Randy
> 
> 
> From: cctalk  > on behalf of Zane Healy via cctalk 
> >
> 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  > > 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

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

[Noel Chiappa via cctalk]

> From: Alan Frisbie

> I need a controller that emulates the DEC RLV11/RLV12 and RL01/RL02
> drives. From my Google searching, I see a couple that use SD or similar
> solid state devices.

Err, which RLV11/RLV12 emulators are you seeing? I know of several RL02
emulators - Reinhard Heuberger's, and another I can't immediately find my
saved info on - (and one crazy project that turned a real RL02 into a USB
device :-), but you still need an RLV11/12 controller.

Noel

Re: WeirdStuff going out of business

[Randy Dawson via cctalk]

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/

Welcome to SurplusGizmos.com, LLC - We sell the Gizmos 
...
www.surplusgizmos.com
Welcome to the web store of SurplusGizmos.com, LLC. Our retail store is 
located: 5797 NW Cornelius Pass Road, Hillsboro Oregon, 97124 (503-439-1249)

Randy



From: cctalk  on behalf of Zane Healy via cctalk 

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  
> 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

[Zane Healy via cctalk]

> On Apr 6, 2018, at 2:33 AM, Mark Linimon via cctalk  
> wrote:
> 
> I am glad I am far out of driving distance.

You are a wise man!  I’d love to have seen it, but it’s best I don’t. :-)

Zane

Re: WeirdStuff going out of business

[Sam O'nella via cctalk]

Wow. That's unfortunate. Only been in town twice but was definitely part of my 
scheduled geekdom tour.
So any local stores left for that type of thing? Any word on why the closure?
I've always seen a lot of folks in the store (well my 2 times) but i don't know 
how many purchased.
null

Re: WeirdStuff going out of business

[r.stricklin via cctalk]

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

> Last Day is this Sunday

Sad. )@:

Sadder still that my weekend obligations mean I won't be able to make one final 
pilgrimage.

ok
bear.

-- 
until further notice

Re: WeirdStuff going out of business

[Alexandre Souza via cctalk]

Very sad day :(

2018-04-06 6:33 GMT-03:00 Mark Linimon via cctalk :

> On Thu, Apr 05, 2018 at 08:16:35PM -0700, Eric Korpela via cctalk wrote:
> > I'm not religious, but I consider this a sign of the apocalypse.
>
> Agreed.
>
> I am glad I am far out of driving distance.
>
> mcl
>

Re: WeirdStuff going out of business

[Mark Linimon via cctalk]

On Thu, Apr 05, 2018 at 08:16:35PM -0700, Eric Korpela via cctalk wrote:
> I'm not religious, but I consider this a sign of the apocalypse.

Agreed.

I am glad I am far out of driving distance.

mcl

Re: WeirdStuff going out of business

[Pontus Pihlgren via cctalk]

On Thu, Apr 05, 2018 at 09:31:01PM -0700, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote:
> 
> But how much stuff is actually manufactured in the Santa Clara valley
> now?  I suspect that the bulk of manufacturing is done elsewhere.
> 

A lot in China of course. I have visited the electronics market in 
Shenzhen. It is pretty amazing.

https://www.crowdsupply.com/sutajio-kosagi/the-essential-guide-to-electronics-in-shenzhen

/P

Re: WeirdStuff going out of business

[Ethan via cctalk]

forgot about that..
wonder why they do that?


Outside linking to images can crush bandwidth, especially if they end up 
on a popular site.


Glad I got to visit the warehouse before it went away. Bummer when things 
like that go away.


Commercial rents are too high. Real estate values are too inflated 
everywhere. Everything cool is priced out.


-- : Ethan O'Toole