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From: Steven.D.Ligett@mac.dartmouth.edu
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Subject: The PC532 parts Kit News
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Date: 27 Feb 91 19:53:49 GMT
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Volume 2, Nunber 4 (right?)

The Final Snafu.

I have previously mentioned the antepenultimate snafu, which was getting the
dp8490s.  That one was embarrassingly simple to solve.  I had been looking for
the dp8490n, not the dp8490v.  Luckily, the dp8490v, which is the RIGHT part
for the board, is available.

The penultimate snafu was an error in my inventory spreadsheet, where I put
the quantity on hand of 74as258s in the 74as174s row.  Therefore, I had
ordered no 174s (and too many 258s).  I discovered this when kitting all the
ttl together, which was the last kit to kit, as it was the hardest one.

That led to The Final Snafu:  I quickly called up Marshall, ordered the 174s
(and some als6311s to bring the total to $50), and sat waiting for UPS.  UPS
never showed up.  I called up, and they said "Oops, the order was entered, but
it didn't take.  I'll reenter it."  That was a new excuse to me.  I waited
another week.  I called again.  "Oh, that didn't go in because you're on
credit hold."  So, I talked to Rose, the credit person.  "No, you're not on
credit hold, they should have talked to me."  Back to the salesperson
(salesdroid, do you say, Dave?). "Ah ha ha, I was having a bad day.  I had put
in the wrong account number for you.  It was another account that was on
credit hold.  Sorry."  If the 174s don't arrive by Thursday, Feb 28th, I'll
have them delivered via overnight.  The kits are all sitting on my office
floor, with everything else in them, with address labels on them, waiting for
the 174s.  They will ship out on Saturday, March 2, for USA and Canada orders,
and on Monday for others.  really.  

AFTER the kits ship out, I'll start working on my pc532.  That's my incentive
to get them out...

Memory.

Those who ordered memory will get 70 ns Toshiba SIMMs, not 80 ns.  At $245 for
the 4 megs.  Memory prices are crazy these days.  If there is anyone else
who'd like to order some Toshiba memory at this price, drop me a line.  I
believe I can still get more at this price.  THM91000AS-70s.

Disk Drives.

How big a disk drive is needed for all this Minix stuff?  The Quantum 105 meg
drive is going for about $350 these days, since they are obsoleting it.  Does
anyone want to get together on a disk drive buy?  Write.  (Why do I do things
like this??)

Sydney.

Did anyone write to Sydney?  Well, yes, I know that someone did, because she
was in a huff that I went to hawaii without telling her. :-)  She's getting
better, but it'll be a couple more months before she hes her strength back. 
You can still write --

Sydney Long
262c High Bridge Road
Lyme, NH  03768
USA


thanks.