jailbait@ai.mit.edu (02/06/91)
About Pat's comment about old style radio/electronics stores not being able to exist these days, I'd say that this isn't true. Maybe not to the same level of expertise of the staff that they used to have, but there are a number of stores in NYC and at least one in College Park, MD. (Electronics Plus, formerly Surplus Electronics) where the bins of parts, priced per, the stuff, nonsense, bits, pieces, etc. still exist. Come to think of it, I went digging around one of this type of store last time I was in Toronto. In most of them that I've seen, the staff has a reasonable clue. They may not be quite as into/up on everything as they once were, but they can and do help alot. Come to think of it, there are a couple around MD/DC ... I've gotten stuff from all of them ... only these days, ethernet connectors are a more likely purchase than caps and resistors. Rich. (If replying and mail bounces, please resend. mail can be flakey around here.)