RE: Pet64 DOA

All us old Commodore engineers used to make a stop at Akihabara whenever
we were in Tokyo.  I remember barrels full of TTL chips with flour scoops
... you paid per the kilo.

Bil

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-cbm-hackers@musoftware.de
[mailto:owner-cbm-hackers@musoftware.de] On Behalf Of Philip Lord
Sent: Wednesday, December 08, 2010 11:19 PM
To: cbm-hackers@musoftware.de
Subject: Re: Pet64 DOA

Yes, been there quite a few times. It's like one of the holdouts stores.
I don't like what Akihabara has changed into in recent years. I used to
love rummaging in the seemingly endless rows of old electronic junk shops
that used to be there...that was 10+ years ago now, and nearly all have
gone replaced with some sort of CosPlay, Manga porn shop or Maid Cafe. So
sad.

Last time I was there I did see a couple of Japanese Vectrex machines for
about 40000yen each, a bunch of Japanese console stuff (Super Famicom
etc), but nothing so interesting for me.

Thanks

Phil


On Dec 9, 2010, at 12:57 PM, Wolfram Sang wrote:

> On 09/12/10 04:15, Philip Lord wrote:
>
>> Yes, thats a good idea, I'll have to see if I can't find a C64 PSU
>> here in Tokyo(!)
>
> Have you already been to "Happy Potato" in Akihabara (where else ;))?
> Lots of vintage hardware there, although mostly for gaming, still
> definately worth a visit :)
>
> Regards,
>
>   Ninja
>
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