Weekend Classic Trip Report

From: Anthony Clifton - KC0CUE <wirehead_at_retrocomputing.com>
Date: Sun Dec 12 13:36:33 1999

Just wanted to let folks know the results of my Saturday trip. I left Des
Moines and
drove to Kansas City, where I met Mike McFadden. Mike's an extremely pleasant,
helpful fellow who showed me where to find good surplus in KCMO. I'll
DEFINITELY
be visiting KC more often!

I went there to pick up the VT220s he advertised on ClassicCmp.

I walked away from one surplus place, having spent only $10, and got

(1) M7606 MicroVaxII CPU board (spare for my MVAX II)
(1) Cisco IGS Multiprotocol Router/Bridge
and a couple miscellaneous bits and pieces. Not bad for $10.

Then I drove to Lincoln, NE and visited Bill Richman, who recently posted some
items for auction. Another really nice guy. Picked up the Tek 532 and the
aluminum
cart it sits in. I also picked up some other spiffy items, which I'll
describe later.

So, the entire trip (including gas) cost me $90 (less than the cost to ship
the items),
got me out on the road for a few hours of relaxing driving and allowed me
to bring home
some unusual items that are scarce or non-existent in Des Moines.

Anthony Clifton
Received on Sun Dec 12 1999 - 13:36:33 GMT