[NTLK] The NTLK Newton Warehouse, EH?

John Heinrichs minicapt1 at me.com
Tue Apr 10 23:10:37 EDT 2012 

New Zealand, which become sticky with too much handling:

Cheers
J.M. Heinrichs
 minicapt1 at mac.com

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On 10 Apr 12, at 20:03, Laurence W Brown wrote:

> As opposed to Belize, Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan, or ???
> 
> Sent from my 2Pad…
> 
> 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 
>> 
>> ~~~ ~~~ ~~~
>> 
>> ³Any sufficiently advanced magic is indistinguishable from a Newton.²
>>           -- ref.:  Arthur C. Clarke
>> 
>> http://youtube.com/watch?v=1ZzpdPJ7Zr4
>> (With thanks to Chod Lang)
>> http://tinyurl.com/29y2dl
>> http://www.diyplanner.com/node/3942
>> 
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