Ah those were the days, my friend.

[Matt Agajanian]

(04-21-2017 04:11 PM)pier4r Wrote:  

(04-21-2017 01:56 AM)Matt Agajanian Wrote:  Katie Wasserman (I think that's her name), has a whole calc and literature library.

Where!? :drooling:

I went back and left http://www.wass.net/manuals/ in the URL bar and this The Manuals

is the page that displayed.

[rprosperi]

(04-21-2017 03:39 PM)Dave Frederickson Wrote:  Ever hear of Portatek in Los Angeles?

Portatek was owned/run by Tom Hooper I believe. Tom was also a PPC member, and often attended Friday meetings (though mostly to sell stuff). Tom was a key player in the uprising that eventually lead to the PPC management change, the spinning-off of CHHU, etc. But he did get some of my money before all that; as I recall I got my AME Port Extender from Portatek.

[Dave Frederickson]

(04-20-2017 01:26 PM)rprosperi Wrote:  

(04-20-2017 02:34 AM)Dave Frederickson Wrote:  Tams Stationers had 23 stores in the SoCal area, two that I can remember here in San Diego. The discount was off the list price, not the store price. I heard about the discount through PPC. You went to the meetings in Santa Ana, if I recall, so I'm surprised it never came up. On the other hand, I bought my 71 from the HP sales office where the PPC meetings were held and not Tams.

I don't know if the owner was a PPC member, but their corporate offices were in Costa Mesa, so if he was he would have gone to the Santa Ana meetings.

Do you recall the owner's name? It could ring a bell?

According to this article,
http://articles.latimes.com/1994-04-19/b...tcy-filing
the president was Michael R. Davis.

[rprosperi]

(04-23-2017 12:51 AM)Dave Frederickson Wrote:  According to this article,
http://articles.latimes.com/1994-04-19/b...tcy-filing
the president was Michael R. Davis.

Nope, rings no bells. Does Tams still exist?

[Matt Agajanian]

Alas, with the surge of Office Depot, Staples, and Best Buy, all our brick & mortar meccas are no longer.