> >Well, I went from Bristol, UK to Dayton, Ohio (via Boston)
> >in order to visit a junk emporium and buy:
> >
> > NIXIE TUBES!!!!
> >
> >And I even got them back through the airport X-ray machines
> >without any questions...
>
> I bet you went to Mendelson's, my all-time favorite "Emporium of the
> Electronic Junque". I get lost for hours at a time in there whenever I visit.
>
> Regards, Chris
> -- --
> Christian Fandt, Electronic/Electrical Historian
Yes, I admit it, I went to Mendelson's!
Absolutely huge warehouse full of weird
electronic/mechanical/pneumatic parts, located in Dayton,
Ohio. Their home page:
http://www.meci.com
I wish I could have carried back one of the IBM PS/2 Model
25s that I saw -- IBM never "announced" the Model 25 in the
UK, so it's a real rarity here. I saw at least three IBM
029 card punches (also too big to carry home :), several
very nice HP instruments and a whole room full of valves
(vacuum tubes) along with a tube tester.
Handy hint: when "airlifting" Nixies to a far-away place,
pack them individually in old 35mm film containers. I
brought six of them back quite safely (Burroughs 5092s).
--
John Honniball
Email: John.Honniball_at_uwe.ac.uk
University of the West of England
Received on Fri Oct 08 1999 - 10:58:23 BST