4 Jun
2010
4 Jun
'10
10:57 a.m.
When it first opened, Fry's was a wonderful place
where you could
find all sorts of things, such as VME bus cards. That aspect didn't
last too long, however.
Sounds a bit like Maplin over here. About 15 years ago Maplin sold just
eelctronic components and related things like electronics books, tools,
multimeters, etc. Their range wan't great, but they generally had the
common transsitors, TTL chips, resistors, capacitors, etc in stock in the
shops. When I was working in Bristol I would routinely go to the Maplin
shop to pick uip a load of components for my work or hobby.
Now they sell mostly poor-grade consumer electronics and a few
components. They can be useful for common connectors in a hurry. But
forget trying to get anything exotic (likea 10k resistor)...
-tony