Wiring Classic Machines to Triacs (was: Assembly vs....

From: Richard Erlacher <edick_at_idcomm.com>
Date: Wed Aug 22 02:02:02 2001

I'm not sure to what extent they're permitted to advertise the wares not
provided and priced by the St.Louis store, but AFAIK, the Denver store has no
input at all into what the St.Louis store does with its web site. The St. Louis
store sometimes sends inventory to the branch stores, but one can't rely on
that. Likewise, the Denver store seldom has the opportunity to send inventory
to the St. Louis store. Requesting inventory known to be at the St. Louis store
has no effect at all on what is sent. <sigh>

They've run a strange operation for a long time. The fact they're still around
suggests they're doing something right, though. The owners, two brothers from
St.Louis, one of whom recently passed on, have run this business as long as I
can remember. Others have come and gone, and they've opened (and closed, a
Houston store, and opened a SanDiego branch. I've never visited the branches,
and don't really buy a lot of stuff from them at the Denver store, but I did
hear rumblings about reopening the Houston store some years back. I don't know
whether that happened.

The Denver store manager went to the San Diego store in '84, IIRC, and the
fellow who's the Denver store manager has been there since. The same guy who
was the "assistant" manager has been there since the first time I walked into
the place. What little I know about the operational details of the Denver
store, I got from him.

Though they aren't allowed an internet connection or a web site, they do have
four phone lines, of which one or two are required to be kept open in case the
boss wants to call in. Since email is both faster and more accurate, and
doesn't rob floor personnel of customer contact time, I'd think they'd use that,
particularly since it would save both a dedicated phone line and a big part of
what a second phone line costs. DSL costs $20, while a phone line costs $40 for
a business. Oh, well ...

Dick

----- Original Message -----
From: "Don Maslin" <donm_at_cts.com>
To: <classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org>
Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2001 11:38 PM
Subject: Re: Wiring Classic Machines to Triacs (was: Assembly vs....


>
>
> On Tue, 21 Aug 2001, Richard Erlacher wrote:
>
> > see below, plz.
> >
> > Dick
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Don Maslin" <donm_at_cts.com>
> > To: <classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org>
> > Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2001 10:22 PM
> > Subject: Re: Wiring Classic Machines to Triacs (was: Assembly vs....
> >
> >
> > >
> > <snip>
> > > **** www.gatewayelex.com ****
> > >
> >
> > Sadly, this web site is for the St.Louis store only, though it mentions the
> > other stores. It reflects very little of what's at the Denver Gateway
store,
> > though some of the Denver stuff comes from St.Louis, which was the first
store.
> > There's quite a lot of electronics manufacturing in the
Denver-Boulder-Longmont
> > area, not to mention Ft.Collins and Colorado Springs, and the Denver store
buys
> > everywhere it can. I've tried to encourage the guys to set up a site at
their
> > store, but the St.Louis based mgmt is against it.
>
> Your point is well taken, Dick. I knew that it was a `corporate'
> website, but there is quite a bit of commonality between stock at the
> various stores. Still, when a store is able to `get to the well' they
> should be permitted to advertise their wares.
>
> - don
>
> > One of the owners/founders passed on recently and that may signal some
impending
> > changes in operating style and pace, but I wouldn't bet on it.
> >
> > >
> > > > > Web references, book references, personal experience, *any* info is
> > welcome!
> > > > There are LOTS of sites that handle "controlling the world" interface
> > issues,
> > > > and may show up on GOOGLE searches using simply the most obvious search
> > terms.
> > > > Try "stepping motor" or Fourier Series, just for grins ...
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks loads (and trying to keep the S/N ratio higher...)
> > > > >
> > > > > Roger "Merch" Merchberger
> > > > > --
> > > > > Roger "Merch" Merchberger --- sysadmin, Iceberg Computers
> > > > > Recycling is good, right??? Ok, so I'll recycle an old .sig.
> > > > >
> > > > > If at first you don't succeed, nuclear warhead
> > > > > disarmament should *not* be your first career choice.
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
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> >
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