Last time I was in Sayal ( Vic Park ) the lone staff members was slow and surly. Shame, they had tuns on net stuff.
David On Sun, Dec 15, 2019 at 8:07 PM Don Tai via talk <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm uptown, so don't know many downtown stores. Sayal , Vic Park/Mcnichol, > is where I go for everything. For arduino stuff I used to go to Creatron, > on Dundas, but they moved to Birchmount/Sheppard. > > Long, long ago I recall Active Surplus, with the gorilla outside the store? > > On Sun, 15 Dec 2019 at 19:25, Evan Leibovitch via talk <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> On the positive side of things... >> >> One of my personal favourite places for obscure gear, Sayal Electronics, >> is not only doing well but has been quietly expanding. >> >> Unknown to inner city types, the original opened next to Active's >> Mississauga store. Frequently frustrated by Active's not having what I >> wanted, I'd go to Sayal which always had what I needed and eventually >> became my first stop in that plaza. >> >> That location is still doing well, obviously having outlasted Active. >> Their main location and head office remains on Victoria Park north of Finch >> (very close to where Electrosonic used to be) but they also have locations >> in Markham and near Vaughan Mills. And they've also expanded to Barrie, >> Cambridge and Burlington. Their stores tend to be very large, which might >> be the reason they prefer industrial zones to city storefronts. >> >> Also: Canada Computers just did a move of its North York location, from a >> strip mall to Centrepoint Mall (Yonge & Steeles) where it occupies the >> ENTIRE space formerly used by the Target store. It's immense and when I >> went there a few weeks ago (though the "official" opening was yesterday) >> there was plenty of unused area, they could easily fit all of their other >> Toronto locations into this one spot. >> >> - Evan >> >> >> On Sun, 15 Dec 2019 at 16:30, James Knott via talk <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> I remember when there were a lot of stores that sold electronic and >>> computer stuff. Besides Active Surplus, there were several stores along >>> Queen, including Arkon, first near Church and later towards Spadina. >>> There were also several stores on College around Spadina/Bathhurst. >>> Then there was Active Electronics, on Lombard St. and when needed I >>> could hop the subway up to Electrosonic at 555 Yonge St., before they >>> moved to Gordon Baker Rd. IIRC, there were a couple of other stores in >>> the same vicinity. There was also City Surplus, on Dixie Rd. north of >>> the 401, which had a lot of electronic gear. Of course, back in those >>> days, there were a lot of shops that catered to the TV repair business, >>> such as Atwater Electronics, not far from Heathkit, in Mississauga. >>> Going way back, I remember Radio Essentials and Pat's Electronics, in >>> Oakville. The Oakville Amateur Radio club used to meet in Pat's >>> basement. >>> >>> >>> >>> On 2019-12-15 02:59 PM, Karen Lewellen via talk wrote: >>> > Oh I am crushed. >>> > Steve had, and understood some of the most creative things about >>> > connecting electronics. >>> > I have cables in my home and production studio that I simply could not >>> > find in town anywhere, especially after Radio shack went away. >>> > Above all was a computer maintenance dream as well. >>> > *sniff!* >>> > Kare >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > On Sat, 14 Dec 2019, Stewart C. Russell via talk wrote: >>> > >>> >> Losing Active Surplus a few years back was bad, but this one seems >>> >> worse: long-established electronic surplus/weird stuff/junk store >>> >> Above All Electronic Surplus (635 Bloor W, at Euclid) is closed. I >>> >> went by today and the windows were papered over and a For Lease sign >>> >> was on the front. Steve, the owner, was inside tidying up, but the >>> >> door was locked. Above All was where I went for the off-the-wall >>> >> retro stuff I knew no-one else would carry. Appletalk cables? Bulk PC >>> >> reset buttons (some still marked Turbo XT)? SCSI interfaces? Mac >>> >> Classic RAM? These are all things I found at Above All. >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> Above All has moved before. Let's hope this is the case again. >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> cheers, >>> >> >>> >> Stewart >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> > >>> > >>> > --- >>> > Post to this mailing list [email protected] >>> > Unsubscribe from this mailing list >>> https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk >>> >>> --- >>> Post to this mailing list [email protected] >>> Unsubscribe from this mailing list >>> https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk >>> >> >> >> -- >> Evan Leibovitch, Toronto Canada >> @evanleibovitch or @el56 >> --- >> Post to this mailing list [email protected] >> Unsubscribe from this mailing list >> https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk >> > --- > Post to this mailing list [email protected] > Unsubscribe from this mailing list > https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk > -- David Thornton https://wiki.quadratic.net https://github.com/drthornt/ https://twitter.com/northdot9/
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