Re: [MBZ] OT: Electronics Retail Store info
To me Fry's is not what it used to be. I remeber the old days when I had business in the Bay area making the pilgrimage to Fry's just to gawk at all the electronic components and sub-assemblies for sale. The Fry's near me here in Austin now is just another big box consumer appliance reseller ala Best Buy and Circuit City. Selection of the low level bits and pieces has fallen way off. Gary Thompson (electricronics geek) 1995 E320 On 3/29/08, Curt Raymond [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Interesting http://shop1.outpost.com/ac/storelocator/index.jsp;jsessionid=ZMU9R6PZiXKznbC7-FjspQ**.node3 Looks like there are 2 in Georgia which makes them the closest to me... I be in Vegas a week from tomorrow, might have to stop in... -Curt ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] OT: Electronics Retail Store info
i'm not impressed by fry's here in gwinnett. little sales help and none of it competent. you have to wait on line 3 times to get anything (first a line to pull the part, then to pay, then pass through security). i've only been there once and that was one time too many. On Mon, Mar 31, 2008 at 8:08 AM, Gary Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: To me Fry's is not what it used to be. I remeber the old days when I had business in the Bay area making the pilgrimage to Fry's just to gawk at all the electronic components and sub-assemblies for sale. The Fry's near me here in Austin now is just another big box consumer appliance reseller ala Best Buy and Circuit City. Selection of the low level bits and pieces has fallen way off. Gary Thompson (electricronics geek) 1995 E320 On 3/29/08, Curt Raymond [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Interesting http://shop1.outpost.com/ac/storelocator/index.jsp;jsessionid=ZMU9R6PZiXKznbC7-FjspQ**.node3 Looks like there are 2 in Georgia which makes them the closest to me... I be in Vegas a week from tomorrow, might have to stop in... -Curt ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] OT: Electronics Retail Store info
The one in Houston (Sugar Land actually) has a lot of geek kids working there, they build computers and write software in their sleep. I was there a few weeks back, wandered over to the telescope/camera section, some older guy asked me if I wanted help. Turns out he was a high school physics teacher and amateur astronomer, liked working there to sell good stuff to people with good advice, get a discount, and make a few bucks. Once he sorta figured out I knew a bit, it was hard to get away from him -- TMI! --R Gary Hurst wrote: i'm not impressed by fry's here in gwinnett. little sales help and none of it competent. you have to wait on line 3 times to get anything (first a line to pull the part, then to pay, then pass through security). i've only been there once and that was one time too many. On Mon, Mar 31, 2008 at 8:08 AM, Gary Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: To me Fry's is not what it used to be. I remeber the old days when I had business in the Bay area making the pilgrimage to Fry's just to gawk at all the electronic components and sub-assemblies for sale. The Fry's near me here in Austin now is just another big box consumer appliance reseller ala Best Buy and Circuit City. Selection of the low level bits and pieces has fallen way off. Gary Thompson (electricronics geek) 1995 E320 On 3/29/08, Curt Raymond [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Interesting http://shop1.outpost.com/ac/storelocator/index.jsp;jsessionid=ZMU9R6PZiXKznbC7-FjspQ**.node3 Looks like there are 2 in Georgia which makes them the closest to me... I be in Vegas a week from tomorrow, might have to stop in... -Curt ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] OT: Electronics Retail Store info
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The one Terabyte hard drive caught my eye because I used to be Chief Engineer of a computer facility for a major insurance company. And here I was thinking you were some 25 year old who recently got out of college, and had been working on a PIC controlled W116 climate control for a class project. Didn't those Winchester drives that look like a stack of LP's on a changer go out of style in the 1970's? Mitch. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] OT: Electronics Retail Store info
you wrote drives that look like a stack of LP's on a changer go out of style in the It amazes me how quickly things become obsolete - even now that PCs have become as common as TV sets - you mention the LP sized floppies which are long gone - after them the 5-1/4 came and went in favor or the 3.5. Now, the 3.5s are disappearing from new puters - only CD/DVD drives are available. I guess in the near future only flash drives wll come with new puters. I bought a coupld 4gb flash drives for $22 each - awesome little creations. I am almost overwhelmed when I consider what these 4Gbs represent - back in 87 I worked for a major chemical/fibers co in the cost department. there wasn't a pc in site - then the 8088s began to dribble in and the HDs measured in MBs. we often had to remove one program to run another. Now the TBs are available for $200? I;m sure the price will be close to $100 within a year. BTW, what comes after TB? a 1000 TBs is what? Larry T (66 MGB, 74 911, 91 300D) www.youroil.net for Oil Analysis and Weber Parts Test Results http://members.rennlist.com/oil PORSCHE POSTERS! youroil.net 800-583-8601 Weber Carb Info http://members.rennlist.com/webercarbs - Original Message - From: Mitch Haley [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2008 7:32 AM Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: Electronics Retail Store info [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The one Terabyte hard drive caught my eye because I used to be Chief Engineer of a computer facility for a major insurance company. And here I was thinking you were some 25 year old who recently got out of college, and had been working on a PIC controlled W116 climate control for a class project. Didn't those Winchester drives that look like a stack of LP's on a changer go out of style in the 1970's? Mitch. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] OT: Electronics Retail Store info
there is one 5 miles from me in georgia On Sat, Mar 29, 2008 at 9:31 AM, Curt Raymond [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I like Frys, I'm pretty sure there only on the west coast... The storage system I teach uses 500GB drives to reach 192TB of total storage. Yes 384 drives... Hearing protection is a must in those situations. In my classroom I've only got 24TB and I've only got 250GB drives so 96 drives... -Curt Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2008 01:34:48 EDT From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [MBZ] OT: Electronics Retail Store info To: Mercedes@okiebenz.com Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII I know from reading the mails that a lot of you are interested in electronics, and always looking for a source and a good price. Many of you may know of Fry's Electronics _www.outpost.com_ (http://www.outpost.com) but since they only have stores in the largest cities, many may not. Frys runs several ads a week and the one on Friday is 8 pages big, viewable on line. Noted tonight is a 1TB internal hard drive for $199.95 by Maxtor. order # 5524820. Or a 500 GB external drive for 114.99, by Western Digital. order # 5530040. The one Terabyte hard drive caught my eye because I used to be Chief Engineer of a computer facility for a major insurance company. I remember taking tours through our facility and speeling about our 2.3 Terabyte network, a 16,000 square foot room with spinning hard drives (multiple discs the size of a dinner plate), and main frames, consuming 600 KW of conditioned, uninteruptible power! Another 400 KW was consumed to provide cooling for said room! Hardware value--about 60 million dollars!! The staff to program and coordinate these resources approached 200. Now you can lay down $200 and plug this drive into your home PC! Incredible! Memories--- Jim Friesen Phoenix AZ 79 300SD, 264 K miles 98 ML 320, 155 K miles - Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] OT: Electronics Retail Store info
Mitch, You are thinking of JER, John Robbins, @MS State.? He also had a 116 diesel. The hard drives with the big platters were of various makes, but we had them into the 90's.? We also had reel to reel tape drives past Y2K, as we had to maintain equipment that could communicate with archaic state computers.? Arkansas comes to mind (sorry Clintons, et all). Jim in Phoenix -Original Message- From: Mitch Haley [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Sat, 29 Mar 2008 4:32 am Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: Electronics Retail Store info [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The one Terabyte hard drive caught my eye because I used to be Chief Engineer of a computer facility for a major insurance company. And here I was thinking you were some 25 year old who recently got out of college, and had been working on a PIC controlled W116 climate control for a class project. Didn't those Winchester drives that look like a stack of LP's on a changer go out of style in the 1970's? Mitch. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
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PB petabyte, please let people say pet a byte and not peat a byte It exists too, I've already seen 1PB in action. -Curt Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2008 09:19:45 -0400 From: LarryT [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: Electronics Retail Store info To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset=iso-8859-1; reply-type=original BTW, what comes after TB? a 1000 TBs is what? Larry T (66 MGB, 74 911, 91 300D) www.youroil.net for Oil Analysis and Weber Parts Test Results http://members.rennlist.com/oil PORSCHE POSTERS! youroil.net 800-583-8601 Weber Carb Info http://members.rennlist.com/webercarbs - Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] OT: Electronics Retail Store info
Interesting http://shop1.outpost.com/ac/storelocator/index.jsp;jsessionid=ZMU9R6PZiXKznbC7-FjspQ**.node3 Looks like there are 2 in Georgia which makes them the closest to me... I be in Vegas a week from tomorrow, might have to stop in... -Curt Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2008 09:33:28 -0400 From: Gary Hurst [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: Electronics Retail Store info To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 there is one 5 miles from me in georgia - Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your homepage. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] OT: Electronics Retail Store info
Mitch Haley wrote: And here I was thinking you were some 25 year old who recently got out of college, and had been working on a PIC controlled W116 climate control for a class project. That would be me... never got around to finishing that project up. Although all I have left to do is package it and tweak the software a little bit. Most of the hardware was good to go. John ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
