Re: tlug: Also Looking for

["Stephen J. Turnbull" <turnbull@example.com>]

>>>>> "Hajime" == Hajime Saitou <hajime@example.com> writes:

    >> I'm looking for SIMMs for old machines, specifically for a
    >> Sparc ELC and for a 5-year-old AMI motherboard.  I've got part
    >> numbers, but the

    Hajime> So you're looking for 72pin Fast Page Memory SIMMS with
    Hajime> parity?  Have you tried any of the major shops in
    Hajime> Akihabara? They usually have numbers you can call to place
    Hajime> orders.

No, I can get 72-pin fast-page.  I found one vendor who said, "those
aren't 72-pin, they're probably 68-pin, but unless you're willing to
take your server off-line so I can count 'em...".  He then said that
his boss would get really pissed if he made "muda" by trying to get
them for me.  All the others said "you've got to be kidding
... anything that prehistoric can't possibly be made anymore.  Now I
can sell you a nice P6-233 for anshin-kakaku (that means if I sell
one, I can retire and I'm anshin)...".  Can you spell "sagi"?

Anyway, I need somebody who deals with o-taku, not somebody who knows
how to kiss accountant butt.

    Hajime> Sometimes they don't really understand what you're talking 
    Hajime> about...

You're far too generous.

No, sometimes they half-way understand what I'm talking about, the
rest of the time they have no idea.  Unfortunately it seems that it's
against the rules for university-qualified suppliers to employ o-taku.
(God, the two things I miss about the US are cheese and people whose
work is also their hobby.)  Most of these guys don't seem to know the
difference between RAM, ROM, and CD-ROM, except as it relates to their
bottom line.

Really peeved in Tsukuba
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