[conspire] (forw) Re: June 25 MP installfest upgrade RH 7.3 PC to Centos56 continuation

[Tony Godshall]

Yeah, it is tricky.

You actually have to take the frontage road from the next intersection
south of Central Expressway.

Wierdstuff is easier to find.

Thanks for the history lesson

On Mon, Jul 11, 2011 at 12:58 PM, Paul Zander <paulz at ieee.org> wrote:
> Haltek and Halted (know called HSC) were once one company in Mountain View.  The partners split in the 1970's.  Haltek remained in Mountain View, near Shoreline and 101.  Alas, they closed 10 years ago because of greedy landlords during the dot com boom.  Last time I went by, the building was still vacant.
>
> HSC is near Central and Lawrence in Sunnyvale.  Web-site is http://www.halted.com/   Although the front door faces Central, it is easy to miss unless you know the details. Check a map before you go.
>
> --- On Mon, 7/11/11, Tony Godshall <tony at of.net> wrote:
>
>> From: Tony Godshall <tony at of.net>
>> Subject: Re: [conspire] (forw) Re: June 25 MP installfest upgrade RH 7.3 PC to Centos56 continuation
>> To: "wood eddie" <ewood111 at yahoo.com>
>> Cc: conspire at linuxmafia.com
>> Date: Monday, July 11, 2011, 10:59 AM
>> >... I dropped by Frys
>> > Sunnyvale[the big store I think] 8am this morning, to
>> my surprise, asked
>> > 3 sales rep who tries to pass it on to the next
>> person, finally one
>> > person near the laptop area says they do not carry
>> SCSI anymore as it
>> > uses too much power, advise me to use USB or Firewire
>> HD.
>> > ...
>>
>> Yes, Fry's had zero SCSI last time I checked.  Micro
>> Center had only one
>> or two SCSI devices- little adapters like an adapter to
>> convert the hot-plug
>> style to non-hotplug style.
>>
>> > I almost gave up until your suggestion came.  I shall
>> drop by HSC after
>> > work today ...
>>
>> I think their inventory is online at halted.com
>> And if Halted doesn't have an obsolete item,
>> wierdstuff might.  They're on Java or Caribbean,
>> N of 101. IIRC halted has more in terms of components
>> and adaptors and wierdstuff has more in the way
>> of cables and housings and computers and racks.
>>
>> Tony
>>
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