On Thu, May 19, 2011 at 11:13 AM, Aaron Toponce <[email protected]> wrote: > I gave up on Radio Shack years ago, when they stopped carying quartz > crystals, filters, and a number of other things necessary for phone > hacking (anyone still read 2600 these days?). > > Ra Elco is the place to get all that jazz now. Solid electronics parts > store covering just about everything you'll need from resistors to Zenode > diodes, antennas to cat5. Local to SLC, about 28th and Main. Total hole in > the wall though, but solid supply.
Well, that's kind of my point. Hobby electronics isn't what it used to be, though it seems to be making a small comeback lately. It's nice that you can still pick up a small selection of electronics bits at Radio Shack if you need to fiddle with something quick, though. And they've still got a few of the 100-in-1 style kits and Forrest Mims books on display that just might introduce a few kids to electronics that wouldn't otherwise. Definitely anyone who gets serious about it would want to mail-order parts or go to Ra Elco these days, though. Anyway, here's a cool page about Popular Electronics magazine, including some full project articles: http://www.swtpc.com/mholley/PopularElectronics/Popular_Electronics.htm For anyone interested in mechanical/machining stuff, Google Books has TONS of back issues of Popular Mechanics for free. It's a great resource for anyone who is interested in DIY building of stuff, and looking at magazine ads from the 1930s is kind of fun, too: http://books.google.com/books?id=Vc8DAAAAMBAJ&dq=Popular+Mechanics&lr=&as_brr=0&as_pt=MAGAZINES&source=gbs_summary_s&cad=0#all_issues_anchor --Levi /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
