Article: 47928 of ba.general From: rtj@best.com (Tom Johnston) Newsgroups: ba.general,ba.internet Subject: Re: Computer junkyards in bay area Date: Tue, 27 Apr 1999 03:46:38 GMT Message-ID: <3729308a.5273673@X206.184.139.132> References: <372459DC.13F98A0B@giore.org> <7g1u81$9h6$1@holly.prod.itd.earthlink.net> <7g2fuk$lbl$1@samba.rahul.net> X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 1.5/32.452 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lines: 27 NNTP-Posting-Host: 216.101.109.21 X-Trace: nntp1.ba.best.com 925184797 229 216.101.109.21 Path: news1.meer.net!news3.best.com!nntp1.ba.best.com!not-for-mail Xref: news1.meer.net ba.general:47928 ba.internet:40439 On 26 Apr 1999 19:48:36 GMT, dold@14.usenet.us.com wrote: >Reverend Tweek (tweek@netcom-NO.SPAM-com) wrote: > >: BTW, don't know if it's still around, but one amazing junk yard I >: used to visit about 10 years ago was Mike Quinn Electronics in one >: of the warehouses off of Oakland Airport's North Field. > >I thought Mike Quinn was more aviation, component-level electronics, rather >than computers. > AFAIK, Quinn's is still alive -- but they moved a couple miles south on Doolittle. New address is 401 McCormick in San Leandro, phone 510/569-1539 or 569-3884. Cross street is Adams which runs east from Doolittle btw. Davis and Hegenberger. True, they did carry some aviation electronics, but mostly to satisfy a lease requirement at the old location I think. As for stuff by the pound, the once had sales on the weekend to clear out their old lot and sold off many things by the pound, but you had to be there to understand.. Check it out, but don't expect shrink-wrapped stuff on shelves.. --Tom (