[NTLK] The NTLK Newton Warehouse, EH?

Tue Apr 10 23:26:58 EDT 2012

But it's pretty!

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On Apr 10, 2012, at 20:10, John Heinrichs <minicapt1 at me.com> wrote:

> 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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>>> 
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