You Do It may order it for you if they carry the brand and can get it through their distributor.
On 04/15/2012 10:26 PM, Greg London wrote: >> The local retail outlets for things like that have pretty much dried up. >> Once upon a time there used to be a few surplus stores in Cambridge >> (Unitech for a short while, and Eli Heferon's for decades), but they're >> gone. > I grew up on a farm in the middle of nowhere. A trip to > Radio Shack once in a blue moon was where I got a lot of > my gadgets. Mail order from Heathkit was the other source. > I wish now that I had bought their robot, dammit, but it > was way too expensive for me. I spent all my money on a > Radio Shack Color Computer and a floppy drive. > > ;/ > > Oh well. > >> At one time there was a small chain of electronics stores aimed at >> high-end hobbyists and professionals called Active Electronics. (They >> had a store in Woburn I think.) They got bought up and renamed >> Future-Active and turned into a more typical wholesale distributor. > Is this a function of everything going online and brick-and-mortar > stores just aren't needed? Or is electronics just not a hobby anymore? > > A few months ago, I read some article by an old school hacker saying > that that hobbyists soldering parts together was a "phase" like the > pet rock or hula hoops were a phase. > > At the time, I thought he was nuts. But jeebus, I'm not so sure anymore. > > Greg > > > >> Greg London wrote: >>> You Do It Electronics doesnt carry Zero Force Insertion sockets. >> That's disappointing. That would be the first place I'd think to look. >> >> >>> is there a place that does? digikey has them, but I dont >>> want to pay shipping for a single part. And if there is a local store >>> that carries that level of parts, I would like to put it on my list >>> of places to visit. >> The local retail outlets for things like that have pretty much dried up. >> Once upon a time there used to be a few surplus stores in Cambridge >> (Unitech for a short while, and Eli Heferon's for decades), but they're >> gone. >> >> At one time there was a small chain of electronics stores aimed at >> high-end hobbyists and professionals called Active Electronics. (They >> had a store in Woburn I think.) They got bought up and renamed >> Future-Active and turned into a more typical wholesale distributor. >> >> Micro Center has a small smattering of electronic components, but I >> doubt you'll find a ZIF socket there. >> >> And while this is something you'd probably find at Radio Shack 20 years >> ago, as I'm sure you know, they have a pretty limited stock of >> components now. >> >> Unless I'm mistaken it would seem the only local option is to order from >> a national distributor with a local warehouse and sales office presence, >> like Newark, Gerber, Allied, etc. and hope they've become friendlier to >> non-industrial users. (Most of these companies now let you order online >> with a credit card and don't require a formal account, so it's >> possible.) Call them up and see if they'll take a pick-up order paid by >> credit card. They'll probably charge 20 to 40% more than DigiKey. >> >> I'd certainly be interested to know if there are alternatives. With a >> sizable concentration of electronics and robotics R&D happening around >> here, there certainly should be enough of a customer base to support >> several stores like Y-D-I Electronics. >> >> -Tom >> >> > -- Jerry Feldman <[email protected]> Boston Linux and Unix PGP key id:3BC1EB90 PGP Key fingerprint: 49E2 C52A FC5A A31F 8D66 C0AF 7CEA 30FC 3BC1 EB90
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