Date: Sun, 2 Mar 2008 12:09:29 -0500 (EST)
From: Steven Hirsch <snhirsch at gmail.com>
On Sun, 2 Mar 2008, Doc Shipley wrote:
> At the risk of sounding like a broken record, MC Howard in Austin,
> Texas
> has been my source for everything from 74-series chips to 64-pin
> wirewrap
The prices on
their website are insane, but I've never heard of them
actually charging what's listed.
Interesting. If I tripped over that website on my own, I wouldn't have
the impression that it was worth my while to deal with them. Literally
everything brings up a page stating "...Coming Soon".
And if you're ever in Austin, it's worth a stop by to browse the store.
It's not huge, but it's fairly large and there are many shelves of Stuff.
They also have a nice assortment of old connectors.
Take Loop 1 (AKA MoPac) to 183. Go south on 183 to Burnet Road. Take
Burnet Road north two stop lights to Longhorn. Turn left on Longhorn,
take it to the end (a few blocks) turn left again, and Howard is in the
second set of industrial buildings on the left, next to the carpeting
distributer.
Jeff Walther