The scary part for me is their entire datasheet archive was apparently wiped without any backups. That was crucial for finding rough, “close enough” specs for house numbered parts that cross referenced to something they made. I have some physical catalogs but not sure if they cover everything…
CJ On Tue, Oct 1, 2024 at 12:46 PM Tom Uban via cctalk <[email protected]> wrote: > My local electronics store, which still sells packets of components, > informs me that NTE has gone > out of business. They are the last company which sold to these stores as > far as I know, so now my > local store has had to resort to buying bulk from places like digikey and > then packaging the > components themselves. > > I should note that my local store's primary business at this point is > installing AV systems into > peoples homes and repairing old stereo equipment, which means they are > likely the largest consumer > of their own stock, but when I need a resistor, transistor, connector, > etc, this is my goto place. I > have been buying from them for about 56 years. > > --tom > > RIP NTE >
