Hi Bruce:
Any extenders suitable for DEC backplanes? Quad height or hex height?
Kevin
At 04:20 PM 99/10/04 -0700, you wrote:
>Hi, folks,
>
> First, the important stuff. I was over at HSC Electronics (one of the Bay
>Area's surplus places) last Friday (just before VCF), and I found that they
>had carted out a whole bin full of Vector extender cards and prototype
>boards, all marked at 75% off original price.
>
> More specifically, their assortment of extenders included ones for
>S-100, Apple II, MicroChannel (PS/2), and other vintage gear. I was quoted
>$40 for a MicroChannel extender in decent shape, and I really doubt the
>others would be any more expensive.
>
> The store's web site, containing their address, hours, and contact info,
>is at http://www.halted.com/
>
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> Now, with that out of the way... VCF was fun this year! There are only
>three things that I thought could have been done better.
>
> 1). If a person had pre-registered for both days, mark as much on the
>badge/tag/whatever. Don't require that they stand in line to re-register
>the following day.
>
> 2). Real badge holders/badges for all concerned would have been nice.
>Perhaps make those of the exhibitors and attendees different colors so the
>ushers can tell at a glance who's going to be going where.
>
> 3). POST THE OPERATING HOURS on the signs next to the registration table.
>I had completely forgotten what time the whole thing was supposed to start
>and end, and I had practically no access to the 'net during my trip to
>check the VCF web site.
>
> Other than that, I enjoyed it, though I had other business to tend to, and
>as a result was only there for a chunk of Saturday. I'd like to hear how
>the tour of the computer museum went.
>
> I'll see the lot of you next year, hopefully.
>
>
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>Bruce Lane, Owner and head honcho, Blue Feather Technologies
>http://www.bluefeathertech.com // E-mail: kyrrin_at_bluefeathertech.com
>Amateur Radio: WD6EOS since Dec. '77
>"Our science can only describe an object, event, or living thing in our
>own human terms. It cannot, in any way, define any of them..."
>
>
>
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Kevin McQuiggin VE7ZD
mcquiggi_at_sfu.ca
Received on Mon Oct 04 1999 - 21:10:01 BST