[Coco] [OT} Shack: was Re: Coco keyboard trouble

[Mark Ormond]

Like I said before, (I think it was on here). I was browsing around at Christmas and the local RS stores are now carrying electronic hobby kits, you know the bare PCB and components. They also carry Arduino boards and shields, and a propeller board. In addition to those they had a good selection of books to go with them and get started. My local one has a decent assortment of bits and pieces, but the mall store doesn't. (They removed them to make more room for larger retail items.). When my Commodore Pet 2001-8 went out I was able to run down there and get the diodes and voltage regulators I needed to fix it that night. So most of them have gone to crap, but not all. But don't ask for help with the components, you will just get blank stares from the staff.

-----Original Message-----
From: coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com [mailto:coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com] On Behalf Of Steven Hirsch
Sent: Tuesday, January 17, 2012 7:41 AM
To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts
Subject: Re: [Coco] [OT} Shack: was Re: Coco keyboard trouble

On Tue, 17 Jan 2012, Arthur Flexser wrote:

> Agreed that they gouge you, but I'm glad they're around for when I
> need some little oddball thingie in a hurry and don't want to wait for
> it to get here by mail.  Like an odd-sized lithium battery, or a
> capacitor, or a 6V lantern bulb, or some sort of audio adapter.

But, if you need (3) of $some_widget, they will only have (2).  Never 
fails.



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