On Saturday, April 10, 1999 10:16 AM, Charles P. Hobbs [SMTP:transit@primenet.com] wrote: I used to visit the Lafayette store in Ft. Lauderdale on a regular basis. IIRC this was in the Early 70's. The store primarily had audio gear, HAM equipment, and electronics components. Similar to the Radio Shacks of that time. As a matter of fact, I still have a Lafayette Stereo Amplifier at home. I used it for about 10 years then it quit working on one channel. Probably a bad output transister. I just never got around to fixing it... I don't recall ever seeing any digital stuff in the stores. Of course this was VERY early in the micro-processor development stage. Steve Robertson - <steverob(a)hotoffice.com>