| Art Alexion on 12 Apr 2006 15:57:54 -0000 |
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There was an article in the Inquirer (http://www.philly.com/) within the past week or so bemoaning the demise of "Army Surplus stores" nationally. It mentioned a place in NJ which I've never been to, plus a trade magazine or site that should list its members. Hope this helps. On Tuesday 11 April 2006 20:24, John Von Essen wrote: > 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 > > > > _______________________________________________________________________ > > ____ > > Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- > > http://www.phillylinux.org > > Announcements - > > http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce > > General Discussion -- > > http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > > ___________________________________________________________________________ > Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- http://www.phillylinux.org > Announcements - http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce > General Discussion -- http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug -- _______________________________________ Art Alexion Arthur S. Alexion LLC PGP fingerprint: 52A4 B10C AA73 096F A661 92D2 3B65 8EAC ACC5 BA7A The attachment -- signature.asc -- is my electronic signature; no need for alarm. Info @ http://mysite.verizon.net/art.alexion/encryption/signature.asc.what.html Key for signed PDFs available at http://mysite.verizon.net/art.alexion/encryption/ArthurSAlexion.p7c The validation string is TTJY-ZILJ-BJJG. ________________________________________ Attachment:
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