Silicon Valley's Island of Misfit Tech 134
harrymcc writes "For more than 20 years, Sunnyvale's cavernous, aptly-named Weird Stuff Warehouse has sold an amazing array of salvage and surplus computer products. It's like a tech museum where everything's for sale at bargain-basement prices — from shrinkwrapped Atari 1040ST software to used BetaMAX tapes to 1GB hard drives to mysterious printed circuit boards to Selectric typewriters. I paid a visit to this legendary geek temple and snapped photos of some of the fascinating stuff I came across."
great (Score:3, Funny)
Oh great, slides of the family vacation. Fine. I'm going to the kitchen.. I'll be back glassy eyed and with a bowl of popcorn in a few!
Brought to mind by an overdose of retro computing: (Score:3, Funny)
what we have become
just look what we have done
all that we destroyed
you must build again
Those were the days... <sigh> ;-)
Your mission, if you dare to accept it, is to solder a C64 back to life tonight.
"A shrink-wrapped copy of Windows 3.1" (Score:3, Funny)
Luke: "Are you all right? What's wrong?"
Obi-Wan: "I felt a great disturbance in the Force... as if millions of voices suddenly cried out in terror..."
For more bad memories, (for older readers like me), there's a photo of a boxed set Win95 'upgrade'.
Re:OP missed the golden age... (Score:3, Funny)
When WeirdStuff had satellite solar panels (when they were still at Syncamore Drive in Milpitas) ... or 4 platter 8 inch 20MB Hard Disk with spindle motor running off AC ...
I think I'm going to have a drink everytime someone mentions something made before I was born on this thread...
Re:22. PAGES. (Score:3, Funny)
He didn't get much from me. I closed the damn thing at the third pic/page. Starting with old wrapped boxes, expecting to bait users to see more? Hmf, booooring. Stupid start, stupid article, and stupid scheme.
Re:Probe Card (Score:3, Funny)
I was amused that the article's author ("Harry McCracken" is credited) states that when he saw the round circuit boards, he felt that he "wasn't quite smart enough to understand them."
Me: "You know what a circuit board is, right?"
Harry: "Sure."
Me: "It's just a board with electrical components connected together."
Harry: "Yup."
Me: "So, this is the same thing with a round shape."
Harry: "Hold on. You lost me there."
Big deal (Score:3, Funny)
I get hundreds of emails a day offering to upgrade my Wang
http://technologizer.com/2010/02/10/silicon-valleys-island-of-misfit-tech/13/ [technologizer.com]
Re:Nice picture of a LaserJet... (Score:3, Funny)
Did you remember to fill out your tps report?
Re:OP missed the golden age... (Score:3, Funny)
I think I'm going to have a drink everytime someone mentions something made before I was born on this thread...
You were born on this thread? I know people are starting to use computers at younger ages these days, but this is ridiculous.