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The Weird Stuff Warehouse is where old tech goes to retire

15 pointsby david4096almost 12 years ago

5 comments

tzsalmost 12 years ago
I loved that place when I lived in Silicon Valley back in the late '80s and early '90s.<p>They were on Kern Ave just west of the Lawrence Expressway. Nearby on the other side of the street (where Sports Basement is now) was Fry's flagship store. Across Lawrence from the Fry's, there was the original store for Computer Literacy Bookshops, and right near that was a Togo's.<p>A perfect geek Saturday afternoon for me was to go hit Weird Stuff and Fry's, then Computer Literacy to check for new books and pickup the latest tech magazines, then read those magazines while enjoying either a cold #2 or a hot #7 from Togo's.
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mikestewalmost 12 years ago
"it's an era when RAID controllers were the size of a modern day sound card"<p>That doesn't make much sense to me. For those that don't just use what's on the motherboard, even PCI cards are pretty small. RAID controllers that I remember, OTOH, were pretty beefy.<p>Regardless, cool looking place. I'm glad they're able to make a go of it.
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mgarfiasalmost 12 years ago
Dad brought home that poster in the 4th image (the wave of the future) for me when I was in the 5th grade. Weird.
mtdevalmost 12 years ago
They have a bunch of stuff on their eBay page that is not on the floor but is available for local pickup.
mcsalmost 12 years ago
I love this place