The store had the Leopold's Records Teletype Model 33 ASR which connected to the Community Memory Project SDS 940 mainframe computer.
[9] The first store, located in an industrial area of Berkeley, sold various brand names sought after by young affluents at a discounted price.
Gradually the store began stocking the items most commonly ordered, and we now carry a wide range of top-quality products for basic living, still at very low prices.
[10]Larry Farb commented in 1986 to the Los Angeles Times that, "we've grown up with our customers [...] the person who bought wood stoves in the 1970s is buying cappuccino makers today.
[13] In 1996, Basic Living Products, the parent company of Whole Earth Access, closed the Foster City and Sacramento stores, and filed for bankruptcy protection.