19 Aug
1999
19 Aug
'99
3:33 p.m.
Nope, what I'm referring to is the retail outlet of a "real" electronics
supplier, e.g. Newark, etc.
I haven't bought components from RS since the late '70's when we bought some
regulators, I think there were several hundred because they were the only
ones who could ship them promptly. We found after testing about a hundred,
that none of the ones we tested were in tolerance. I have bought nibblers,
a soldering iron, a neat little wirewrap tool for the briefcase
(discontinued because it was too good) and a solder-sucker from RS since
then, notice I remember EVERY item. Not one component is on the list. I'd
almost wager that none of their 5% resistors fall within 5%.
Dick
-----Original Message-----
From: Tony Duell <ard(a)p850ug1.demon.co.uk>
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
<classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu>
Date: Thursday, August 19, 1999 3:56 PM
Subject: Re: imsai 2
>
> The joke is on the one who tries to buy from a "real" elelctronics shop,
> where 1/4-watt resistors cost upwards of a buck . . . and the first item
on
the list costs
$100 because that's their minimum.
That sounds like RatShack, not an electronics shop :-). Over here,
resistors cost 3p (say 5 cents) each in 10-off quantities (0.6W, 1%).
The only time I've payed nearly a pound for a resistor is when it was
either precision (0.1% ones are a lot more expensive) or high power (50W
metal-cased ones, for example).
-tony