5 Apr
2013
5 Apr
'13
1:30 p.m.
On Apr 5, 2013, at 12:38 PM, "Zane H. Healy" <healyzh at aracnet.com>
wrote:
At 9:52 AM -0400 4/5/13, David Riley wrote:
Sure, if you already knew what that was. But if I'm in a new area
and look in the Yellow Pages (or Yelp, or Google, or whatever) for
an "electronics store", I'm going to find Best Buy or some local
equivalent thereof. If I'm lucky(ish), I'll find MicroCenter,
which at least sells SOME serial cables. But I'm not likely to
find a place where I can ask for a 2N3904 and expect to get
something other than a blank look.
- Dave
I suppose I should clarify that over here,
"electronics
store" usually means a place where you buy a stereo, not a
place where you buy diodes. That's what I meant by
"what they really were".
I'd personally try "Oregon Electronics" first if I needed to buy some
diodes. I tend to avoid places with "electronics" in the name or
description when buying Stereo Equipment.