Jim Thompson wrote:

On Fri, 03 Sep 2004 16:14:22 -0700, Tim Wescott
wrote:


Jim Thompson wrote:


Circuit Specialists is a good outfit... been around for a long time
(33 years), and they're in my neighborhood (Mesa, AZ), about 20
minutes away.

About the only place in the Phoenix area to buy **real** parts.

...Jim Thompson

Lucky you. PDX has a Fry's and a little local outfit, but that doesn't
count for real parts. I used to live in the Boston area, 30 minutes
away from an Active store -- that was nice, particularly since it backed
up against Future (same company) & you could get non-catalog items at
the counter if you really needed them.


When I lived in the Boston area Radio Shack was a real parts warehouse
(on Commonwealth Avenue) with a will-call counter (only 45 years ago
;-)

...Jim Thompson

That was probably before they got bought by Tandy.

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Tim Wescott
Wescott Design Services
http://www.wescottdesign.com