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BUYtrRS'GUNDE

BUYtrRS'GUNDE

Published Pricing - NOT- What the Market Will Bear Gornplete SlTstetrts aslow as $1 2,995-OO

HARDWARE:

Wyse 150 terminal

Barcode scarmer

Mag stripe reader

Oki 320 serial printer

Okr3zl serial printer

Oki OLE 400 LED printer

Texas Instrument Microlaser

Barcode printer

Star cash slip printers

Automatic cash drawer

Battery backup unit

Color VGA console

US RoboticsFAX/modem

486/50 computer

Pentium 90MHZ computer

1.0 gigabyte hard drive

16 port Maxpeed card

8 portMaxpeedcard

Maxstation

250 meg tape drive

2.0 gigabyte dat drive

Dual floppy drive

Adaptec SCSI controller

SOFTWARE:

Point-of-sale - Reprints for 2 years

General ledger (Fully integrated to all systems)

Inventory maintenance

Payroll

Accounts payable - Online history

Accounts receivable - 7 vr. historv

Purchasing

Sales analysis

Word processing

Mailing list management

Kit sales (houses, decks, etc.)

Mill production

Takeoffs

Manufacturing (doors, windows, etc.)

Job costing (contract project mgmt.)

Custom programming @ Ms/hr.

Vendor communications with:

Handy Orgill Bros. Ace Allied

Building Stores . Coast to Coast. HWI Cotter True Value. ServiStarHenderson-Baird. South States

House-Hasson Jensen-Byrd. TRW

Credit Srv and many

I sample SYSTEM #2 $39.995

20 Wyse terminals. T Okidata 320 Uor cash slip printers. 1 Bardcode printer - high quality

5 Barcode scanners & much more included

1 Pentium 90 MHZ lntel system - SUPER FAST wilh:

2.0 gig hard drive.32mb ram . 32 ports.2,0 gig lape backup. color console t high speed laser printer. SCO Unix & software lncludes all installation & 100 hrs. training

Anywhere in the USA

City, Or., opened a Pofttan4 0f., wholesale office staffed by Bill and Joe Sparks ... Chafr.oion , Inte rnatioial's KtiCkiiat, Wa., sawmill will close Nov- 6 .,.

Ibamsters rrnion office employees at the main office of Fred Meyer, ^lnc., Portland, Or., went on strike Sqt 1A ... Eagle Hardware & Gardci, Tbkrvila" Wa., ieceived an okay to build a 138,392 sq. ft. Lynnwood, Wa, store to open irext gpligg: part of five planned for 1995...

HomeBase, hvine, Ca., acquired sites in Colonado Springs, Co., ad Alblqrerque, N.M., for spring openings; remodeled lrvine, Ca-, and Boiser Id., sfores as well as an existing Albuquerque, N.M., unit, ard announced plans to elose three San Jose, Ca-, locations by the end of Nov., part of 24 planned closufes

: Honc Depot, which exptrts to complete a $7 million store in plqinitas, Ca., next spring, paid $1.8 miilion fu an tt-acre-siie in nearty Escondido, Ca., and officially opened Federal Way and Aurora Village (North Seattte), Wa, stores ...

Buitdcrs Resource, North Hollywood" Ca", changed its name to NarthHollywood Lumber and expanded its product line to include cedar, redwood and finisM lumber

Proline Builder's Supply,

Lakeview, Or., moved into its 8;ti,:;,

{"31[:*,*?","#:

rem@ling and rcnaming the businws ProLine Hofiw Interiors ...

Coa* to Caastis testing a @orating program in six stores (see story p. 42) ... Crown Hardwarc relocated its corporate headquarters and distribution center to a new Huntington Beach, Ca-, store; reloca{ed an Anaheim, Ca., unit: updated a Newport Beach, Ca., store with plans to do the s:rme at Irvine and Corona del Mar, Ca., locations

Myrtle Avenue Lumber & Hardware Co., Monrovia, Ca-, is voluntarily liquidating after 49 years, with Chris Bundschuh and Don Wallace spinning off the industrial sales division at the s_aTe site as B & W Industrial Sales Ca

A remodeled Barm Thre Yalue Hame Center has taken the place of Bauer Lumher Ca., CarlSbad, Ca", selling lumber only by ryecial order ... Rosen's Homcnwn Store, p,!i-a!, Ca., was gurted by a $500,000 fire in erty Sep. ... -

Anniversaries: Osrnos e Wood Preserving, Inc,, 60th; Toal Lumber Co., Whittier, Ca., 40th; lhigagg Mercantile Exchange lumber funrcs trading25ft ,.. -

Nu Forcst Products, Healdsburg, Ca., added a pre-prime line to its facility and expanded inventofy by adding redwood $hop, Clear and clear heart shorts .-.. Iarnber Producrs ieft their Rentox. Wa-, facility to open a larger facilityinKent,'Wa- ..,

Johnsnn Hardwood bunber & Plywood,Inc. moved to Pomona ftom Cenitos, Ca. (see srory p. 56) ... North Santiam Veneer, Mill

Koppers Industrtes, /nc. closed California sales offices, merging activities in Denver, Co. (see stori p. 2l) ... Plwn Creeh Columbib Falls, Mt-, updated its marketins dept. communications systemi with the rnain office number changing ro (406) W2-6ZW

Cra{tsnen in Wood, Phoenix, Az., acquired Kudu Hardware Co., Scottsdale, Az., with plans to move manufacturing to the Craftsmen's facility which witi glove into expanded quarters in the spring ...

Advantage Business Computer ,Sysfenrs has new offices in Boulder, Co., andBend, Or. ...

PIa-Con Inc., Santee, Ca., has signed alicensing agreement allowing Trim-Tet .Izc., Lincolnwood,Il., to manufacture ad market their plastic bullnose corner bead system under the Trim-Tex name...

Ow e ns - Cornin g has expanded manufacturing at its Compton, Ca., plant ... MacMillan Btoidel plans to bwld MacMillan Guadiananeat Durango, Mexico

Vermont American Tool Co., Lincolnton, N.C., has meshed marketing and sales with Tlre Credo Co., Woodburn, Or. Stanley Door Systetw is sponsoring a Spanish-speaking do-it-yom- self ti program ... Suntuf, Inc., has new corporate offices in Uvingston, N.J.

Nationat Hardwood Davwill be celebrated Act. 21 as'part of National Forest Producu Week AcL rc-22 (see story p. 25)...

_ Housing-st(rts in Aug. (l'atest figs.) rose-2.lVo to an arihuirtizeO rate of 1,442,W units single family starts droppd 2.7Vo ...r{ul- tiswith 2 to 4 units rose 3.1%; those with 5 plus units, 33% ... building pstnifs inctrcd ap t% starts in the Western states fell 147o.

A NATIONAL EVALUATION REPORT (NER'457) has been issued by the National Evaluation Service of the Council of American Building Otficials to confirm that PYRO-GUARD Fire RetardantTreated Lumber and Plywood meets requirements of the BOCA, UBC, and SBCCI model building codes.

PYRO-GUARD is the FlRSf Fire RetardantTreated Wood with:

. Third Party Kiln Monitoring in addition to U.L. Follow-up service

. FRT labor and materials replacement cost warranty t Code Compliance Reportwith evaluation of elevated temperature strength testing for roof applications t High temperature strength fesf results t NewYork State SmokeToxicity fesf resulfs '

Formerly Seqwia Supply

Centrally located in Fairtied, California, and Seruing the Nofthem Califomia / Northem Nevada Markets

Wholesale Distribution of: iel(fr'r4V0rT//ad/fhe,.EngineeredWoodProducts

SILENT FLOOR JOIST

Micro=Lanf Parallanf TimberStrant and Two TJ-Xperts

Let the expedenced personnel at PrimeSource provlde all of your Engineered Wood Product requirements. Our large inventory, prompt service, competitive pricing, product training, and promotional support will give you that necessary edge on the competit'on.

PrimeSource Inc., P.O. Box 310, Fairfield, Ca.94533

I,istings are often submitted months in advance. Always verify dates and locations with sponsor before making plans to attend.

October

Western Hardwoods Symposium - Oct. 12, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Or.

North Amerlcan Wholesale Lumber Assoclation - Oct. 12, regional meeting, Orange, Ca.; Oct. 18, Beaverton, Or.

Los Angeles Hardwood Lumberman's Club - Oct. 13, dinner meeting, Cheyne Supper Club, Arcadia Ca.

Los Angeles Hoo-Hoo Club - Oct. 14, golf toumamen! Imperial Golf Course, Brea, Ca.

Spokane Hoo-Hoo Club - Oct. 14, Fun Night, Spokane, Wa.

Cotter & Co. - Oct. 15-19, fall market, St. Louis, Mo.

National Building Material Distributors Associatlon - Oct. 1618, annual convention, Las Vegas Hilton, Las Vegas, Nv.

Natlonal Hardwood Lumber Association - Oct. 16-19, annual convention, Buena Vista Palace, Orlando, Fl.

Phoenlx Hoo-Hoo Club - Oct. 18, golf, Club West, phoenix, Az.

Buildfng Component Manufacturers Conference - Oct. 19-21, Commonwealth Convention Center, Louisville, Ky.

Western Hardwood Association - Oct.2O, board meeting, Red Lion Inn at the Quay, Vancouver, Wa.

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