Fw: Deck of IBM PLAYING CARDS GOES FOR $325

[Eric J Korpela]

On 12/18/05, William Donzelli <aw288 at osfn.org> wrote:
> > What about your aging aircraft like the SST
> > that used 70's componernts?
>
> There are specialty dealers that buy up old surplus for just this
> reason. The aircraft people will pay HUGE amounts to get the correctly
> rated parts, and these guys know it.

In my business we call them the "parts mafia."  It can be cheaper to
redesign a board than to buy the parts...  so long as you know what
the board is doing.