5/10    Anyone knows if there's anywhere where I can still buy one of those
        super heavy IBM selectric computer keyboards?  Mine just broke down
        after 6 years of use.
        \_ http://www.cdw.com might have something like that.
           \_ no luck there, but thank anyway.
           \_ no luck there, but thanks anyway.
              \_ Huh?  Try http://www.cdw.com/product/default.asp?EDC=40316
                 or search for "keyboard" in their product index and page
                 down to the IBM section.  You can buy them online at a
                 number of other places, I've seen them at Fry's, or if
                 you're adventurous, visit your local Silicon Valley surplus
                 electronics store . . .
                 \_ Thanks, I will check it out.
                 \_ Weird Stuff and Halted just got in a couple of crates of
                    old IBM keyboards last week, check them out.
                    \_ Thanks, but where is "Weird Stuff and Halted".  Sorry
                       but I've been out of school (and the Bay Area) for
                       a couple of years.  But I will be visiting during
                       Memorial Day.
                        \_ Weird Stuff: Sunnyvale - see http://www.wierdstuff.com
                           Halted: Santa Clara - see http://www.halted.com
                        \_ You can't find items in online catalogs and don't
                           know where WierdStuff is?  What kind of EECS major
                           were *you*?
                           \_ I have never even heard of WeirdStuff.  I don't
                              think it existed when I was in school or in the
                              Bay Area.
                              As for cdw, the item was labelled as a Thinkpad
                              keyboard.  In fact, I am still not sure if it
                              is the keyboard I wanted.  Maybe you can help
                              me out since you are such a smart EECS major.
                              Give me 2 or 3 URLs to the keyboard.  Thanks.
                              \_ WeirdStuff has been around a *LONG* time,
                                 certainly back as long as when I was in school.
                                 -ERic
                                 \_ while I was in school, there was one in
                                    Milpitas...  --tsang
                                    Fremont/Milpitas...  --tsang
                                    \_ so does WeirdStuff even predate psb?
                                       \_ When does psb date from? WeirdStuff
                                          was the place of legends when I was
                                          in High School (1992). Back then
                                          it was across the street from Fry's.
                                          I bought my first weather balloon
                                          to make a remote controlled blimp
                                          from WeirdStuff. Halted is apparently
                                          older than WeirdStuff.
                                          \_ I was a freshie in 87.  Partha
                                             was old even then....  :-)
                                             \_ not likely, since Partha's
                                                reign started in 86.  Though
                                                I guess he had some moral
                                                authority even in 87.
                                          \_ bought first hard drive (ST-225)
                                             for Apple II SASI<->MFM card at
                                             (store that became Weird Stuff)
                                             around '84.  --tsang
                                             \_ I thought it was like 87 or
                                                88 when you bought that HD.
                                                \_ was it?  could be  -tsang
                                                Or are you talking about a
                                                different disk?  Anyway, Weird
                                                Stuff has moved twice since
                                                then, and it's now a mere
                                                shadow of its former self.  One
                                                of the original owners has a
                                                store near the SJ Airport, and
                                                the original Weird Stuff
                                                doubledecker is even parked
                                                outside.  -tse
                WierdStuff recently underwent  _/
                major (re-)expansion (they're in the same place, but they
                reclaimed a big chunk of the space that was roped off for
                auctions and turned it into browsable retail space).  I'd
                say it's at least as big/interesting as Halted/HSC now.  I
                agree that the place with the double-decker bus, RA Enterprises
                (http://www.raenterprises.com is very much worth a visit. -- kahogan
                \_ if you want real history, go to mike quinn electronics
                   near the oakland airport... it's in a quanset (sp?) hut
                   and has very old relics and lots of strange discrete
                   components for high-power WWII-vintage circuits.  ever
                   seen a 100 mF capacitor? you gotta have imagination to
                   appreciate it if you're a modern digital boy.