Re: [PLUG] Computer / Industrial / Military Surplus Stores In Philadelphia?

[John Von Essen <john@essenz.com>]

In State College there was a surplus and salvage warehouse that sold  
random old computer stuff, lab equipment, furniture from the 70's, and  
some farm equipment. But thats a 3 1/2 hour drive! I would imagine some  
of the local Philly universities have something similar. I grew up in  
Philly, had an old high school physics teacher that told me about how  
he would get stuff from a surplus department at either Penn or Drexel -  
if he didn't grab it, they would just trash it.

-john

On Apr 11, 2006, at 8:01 PM, Nathan Schlehlein wrote:

> Hey y'all!
>
> Does anyone know of any good computer / industrial / military surplus
> stores in the Philadelphia area?
>
> You know...  One of those places where you really can't go with a
> shopping list, but you end up leaving two hours later with old
> electronics parts, something that looks like an antenna and just  
> happens
> to work well as one too, a 20 year old computer that runs on punch  
> cards
> that might just be a welcome addition to your home beowulf cluster,
> motors for your robotic prom date, gears, a slightly shot up optical
> sight from the main gun of a WWII German Panzer IV, a shiny complex
> looking and undocumented component to put on your desk as a paperweight
> to make your co-workers think you are just that much cooler, a weird
> model of a dinosaur, etc. ?
>
> Here are a few examples of stores that I've been to in other states  
> that
> are pretty much exactly like what I'm talking about -
>
> http://www.sciplus.com/index.cfm - American Science & Surplus in  
> Chicago
> and Milwaukee
>
> http://www.ax-man.com/ - Ax Man surplus in St. Paul / Minneapolis
>
> I haven't found a store of this ilk around here yet, unfortunately.   
> And
> that makes me sad.  :-(
>
> I'd be curious to know what y'all have had experience with, if  
> anything.
>
> Or maybe I'll just start one of my own...  Hmmn...  Please send odd
> surplus to this address...  :-)
>
> Thanks!
>
> Nathan Schlehlein
>
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