[NTLK] The NTLK Newton Warehouse, EH?

Tue Apr 10 23:03:48 EDT 2012

As opposed to Belize, Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan, or ???

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On Apr 10, 2012, at 17:28, Stefan Thorsteinson <stthor at telus.net> wrote:

> Hi All,
> 
> I know there is a number of members drooling while creating there Xmas
> lists. I neglected to mention that, even though it may be self-explanatory,
> the prices you will see are in CANADIAN dollars. Please keep that in mind. 
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Stefan Thorsteinson
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: newtontalk-bounces at newtontalk.net
> [mailto:newtontalk-bounces at newtontalk.net] On Behalf Of Stefan Thorsteinson
> Sent: April-09-12 8:10 PM
> To: newtontalk at newtontalk.net
> Subject: [NTLK] The NTLK Newton Warehouse, EH?
> 
> Whew!
> 
> Apologies for the silence.
> 
> Well, loaded from Ken's garage tripped across country and now in mine. I do
> stand corrected, the trip was 2133 miles (3434kms). I actually toyed with
> the idea of making the drive until my GPS told me it was a 34 hour non-stop
> drive...one way, no pee breaks. I had some difficulty at the start with one
> company that said they could do it but took a week and half to let me know
> they couldn't. A few phone calls later and things were back on track. 
> 
> My heart sank a bit when I unloaded everything and counted only 82 boxes
> instead of 86. I didn't find out until the Monday that Canada customs
> separated 4 boxes from the shipment and forgot which pallet they belonged
> to. The freight company was kind enough to put them out for delivery on the
> Tuesday and delivered them to me at work. It was kind of humorous having a
> 48 foot tractor trailer pull onto the parking lot of our office complex
> (nothing even close to a loading dock to back up to), stop in front of my
> truck and deliver 4 boxes. All is well because everything is accounted for.
> One box took a bit of hit and a couple MP2X00 were compromised. Not a huge
> concern as I'm pretty sure I know where there are some spare parts. :)
> 
> Speaking of parts...Holy Cow! I'm not sure what got me going more; the sheer
> magnitude of so much Newton stuff in one place or holding an Emate in my
> hands and plugging in one of the 400+ power adapters and having it come to
> life. (Never held one before) For that matter, there was the unit that got
> me started with Newton; a 110. Back in 1995 the company I was working for
> was being audited. The auditor was using a 110 to take notes. At the end he
> plugged it into his PC and printed the report. At the time I couldn't even
> afford a battery pack, let alone a complete unit. I had to wait until 1997
> to get my first MP2000. Well worth the wait.
> 
> The idea of doing something NTLK style with some of the goods is a very cool
> idea. (Thanks for the suggestions) Let's see, end to end we have about 2
> miles of serial cables(Mac and Newton). We also have over 2000 blank PCMCIA
> cards to diddle with. Not to mention about 1000 MP2X00 battery packs and
> almost 750 MP2000 complete units. Ideas abound. Once the snow is gone, we'll
> see what we can dream up.
> 
> I park on the driveway now because some very important merchandise is
> occupying my parking spot. I will be sending the shopping list in PDF and
> Excel to those who have expressed interest. If you are interested in
> anything, drop me a line and I will certainly send the list for review. I
> have a little number crunching to do but can see working Newtons going for
> about $15.00 to $20.00ea and parts going for pennies. More details will be
> included in the email. I would like to park in my garage again so please
> don't hesitate to let me know what your interest is. 
> 
> Thank you for the well wishes and support. Very much appreciated. 
> 
> The "NTLK Warehouse" is open for business! Interested parties are encouraged
> to contact me off-list: stthor (at) telus (dot) net.  
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Stefan Thorsteinson
> Edmonton, AB Canada
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: newtontalk-bounces at newtontalk.net
> [mailto:newtontalk-bounces at newtontalk.net] On Behalf Of Lord Groundhog
> Sent: March-23-12 8:15 AM
> To: newtontalk at newtontalk.net
> Subject: Re: [NTLK] J&K Sales, Inc. Complete Newton Inventory
> 
> ~~~ On 2012/03/23 02:55, James Fraser at
> wheresthatistanbul-newtontalk at yahoo.com wrote ~~~
> 
>> 
>> http://preview.tinyurl.com/6ps5rql
>> 
>> Stefan, do you suppose you might have enough MessagePads on hand to 
>> spell out "Newton"? (Or better still, "NewtonTalk"?)  Just a thought.
>> [shrugs]
>> 
> 
> 
> I counted 100 keyboards, but hey, they're IBM, right?
> 
> Does your friend still have all those?   This picture gave me an idea for
> re-roofing my house.  :-)
> 
> 
> But seriously, I love the idea of spelling out "NewtonTalk" in Newton gear.
> That would be such a lovely sight!  Even Apple never tried that did they?
> Which font should it be in?  Espy?
> 
> 
> Downside:  he's got 2700 lbs of the stuff.  That's a lot of manpower just
> shifting it to where he's going to store it, and arranging it so it's useful
> and accessible when it comes time to sell it on to us.  I'm assuming he
> won't be able to keep it on pallets and move them on forks so that's all
> hand-unstacking and restacking.  He might find the extra work involved in
> some impromptu formation-Newtons a bit much.
> 
> Stefan, I'm sorry I can't be there to lend an extra pair of hands.  I'm sure
> we all are.  And again, thanks.
> 
> 
> Shalom, 
> 
> Christian 
> 
> ~~~ ~~~ ~~~
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