4 Nov
2006
4 Nov
'06
8:18 a.m.
At 7:13 AM -0500 11/4/06, Tim Shoppa wrote:
More seriously, with lots of really good electronics,
electromechanical, etc. distributors on the web, almost all of
which are very happy to sell to hobbyists and tinkerers, there's not
much need for Radio Shack anymore. Not that I never buy a fuse or something
at Radio Shack on a Sunday afternoon, but the amount I buy at Radio
Shack is a vanishingly small amount (like, 0.01% for maybe those
two Sunday afternoons a year when I need a fuse) of my parts purchases.
I'm still shocked that Digi-Key sent me this huge catalog I have
sitting here, after I purchased parts to build a Serial Interface for
my C64. While I put in a good order of parts for the project, I also
purchased quite a several of them from Radio Shack. Not being
someone that builds a lot, it really helps to be able to see in
person what I'm purchasing!
There is a local electronic's store, plus Fry's that I can go to, but
they're both out of the way, and I can only hit the electronic's
store on the weekend due to when it closes.
Zane
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