On Dec 5 2004, 7:19, Ethan Dicks wrote: wrote: get often Used to stand for Radio Spares, later Radiospares, RS Components. A phone/mail-order trade supplier, originally specialising in parts for radios and TVs, but now selling everything from resistors to car park furniture. They had a separate sell-to-the-public offshoot called Electromail for a while, but now RS will take almost anyone's money (I think you might need to open an account, though). Lots of electronics shops will order RS parts for you. Their paper catalogue is 1cm wider than Farnell's (16cm as opposed to 15cm). http://rswww.com -- Pete Peter Turnbull Network Manager University of York