7 Nov
2006
7 Nov
'06
11:54 p.m.
On Sat, 2006-11-04 at 14:40 -0500, jwhitton wrote:
I agree.., I'm appalled that RS has abandoned
the hobbyist. It seems to
be the trend..., retailers so driven by profit numbers and markets that they
abandon those who put them in business in the first place. I've started
haunting hamfests and buying almost any dip package logic I run across. If I
needed ANY ordinary 74xx piece, there is no longer any place that it could
be purchased where I live. *Maybe* as an outrageously priced ECG part from
the one or two remaining repair shops..., but that's it. Sad...., and it
bodes ill for the sort of Science Fair / Boy Scout level projects that kids
might want to do..., oh, wait, I forgot, they've got video games and the
Internet..
Hey, it's worse than that. I recall seeing, about a year ago, an ad
for an electronics project SIMULATOR in Windows software. You build the
project, and it pretends to run it, and does what real components would
do, producing a signal on screen, and as sound, if appropriate. *SIGH*
Peace,
Warren E. Wolfe
wizard at voyager.net