From: Bill Morrow (penzance_at_gate.net)
Date: Mon Jul 29 2002 - 19:13:12 EDT
can't make out the end of it too well, but it looks right..!
<------------------------------->
Cordially, :-)
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Vincent Poy" <vince_at_pele.WURLDLINK.NET>
To: "Bill Morrow" <marrow_at_adelphia.net>
Cc: "Andrew Beals" <bandy_at_cinnamon.com>; "Mitchell Yee"
<mitchell_yee_at_yahoo.com>; <thinkpad_at_cs.utk.edu>
Sent: Monday, July 29, 2002 5:13 PM
Subject: Re: 3 prong ac cables
> Pretty interesting history of the two Bill.. Anyways, is this the
> cable everyone is looking for? http://www.cyberguys.com - In the search
> field, put in 1212580 and it should come up. I just ordered a bunch of
> Firewire cables and 6 pin to 4 pin firewire adapters as well as other
> stuff.
>
>
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>
> On Mon, 29 Jul 2002, Bill Morrow wrote:
>
> > halTED and halTEK were once the same company..
> > mt. view store and s. clara (or sunnyvale?) store..
> >
> > then they split the sheets..
> > the mt. view store was better..
> >
> > the mike, the manager of the mt. view store took the test instruments
part
> > of the business across the parking lot..
> > about 1985 or thereabouts..
> >
> > there was also a computer salvage warehouse in palo alto on park avenue
just
> > to the north of karl van kempens mercedes dealership..
> > doubt that he is still there, though i DID run into him (not karl)
online
> > several years ago..
> >
> > back to the subject, i find myself in possesion of a DELL ac supply that
> > uses the same cord..
> > its got to be more or less universal..
> > i'll bet theres a cord manufacturer out there with a dozen verieties of
this
> > cord in their catalog..
> >
> > <------------------------------->
> > Cordially, :-)
> > Bill Morrow
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> > E-Mail: bill at thinkpads dot com
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Andrew Beals" <bandy_at_cinnamon.com>
> > To: "Bill Morrow" <marrow_at_adelphia.net>
> > Cc: "Mitchell Yee" <mitchell_yee_at_yahoo.com>; <thinkpad_at_cs.utk.edu>
> > Sent: Monday, July 29, 2002 2:55 PM
> > Subject: Re: 3 prong ac cables
> >
> >
> > >
> > > penzance_at_gate.net said:
> > > > also, if haltek is still in business in mountain view, they might
have
> > > > some of those..
> > >
> > > Dead and gone. )-:
> > >
> > > HalTed is still in business, though, same location off Central,
"south"
> > [east]
> > > of Lawrence. Not sure what Hal did after he closed down Haltek. I
> > believe it
> > > was a rent increase that killed the biz -- of course there are now
> > kajillions
> > > of empty buildings in the valley and rents are dropping like flies.
> > >
> > > Speaking of Halted, they have IDC outlet strips in stock again. Woo
hoo!
> > Of
> > > course my supply of IDC->IDC cords is a bit low at the moment...but I
know
> > > where to get more.
> > >
> > > As for the three prong roundy cord, I saw one in _Fort Bragg_ of all
> > places at
> > > the combo Radio Shack and True Value Hardware store, as well as a
Y-type
> > IDC
> > > cord! One outlet, two thingies! [Too cool!]
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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