I can understand why you want halide, here is a link to a ballast you can buy right now for $55.00 us,make sure you get them to ship it by us mail,not ups.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...ory=42881.Here is a link for a bulb,
http://www.specialtyoptical.com/cata...aq_2931359.htm