On 19 May 2011, at 12:07, Levi Pearson wrote: > 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.
There are some good on-line electronics stores these days; adafruit.com and sparkfun.com being my favorites. /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
