2 Oct
2024
2 Oct
'24
1:26 a.m.
The scary part for me is their entire datasheet archive was apparently
wiped without any backups. That was crucial for finding rough, “close
enough” specs for house numbered parts that cross referenced to something
they made. I have some physical catalogs but not sure if they cover
everything…
CJ
On Tue, Oct 1, 2024 at 12:46 PM Tom Uban via cctalk <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org>
wrote:
My local electronics store, which still sells packets
of components,
informs me that NTE has gone
out of business. They are the last company which sold to these stores as
far as I know, so now my
local store has had to resort to buying bulk from places like digikey and
then packaging the
components themselves.
I should note that my local store's primary business at this point is
installing AV systems into
peoples homes and repairing old stereo equipment, which means they are
likely the largest consumer
of their own stock, but when I need a resistor, transistor, connector,
etc, this is my goto place. I
have been buying from them for about 56 years.
--tom
RIP NTE