Not in Sacramento anymore and I have heard the only surplus shop left is also going to close :-(
They have stores in large cities but their mainstay is mail order. Crummy web site IMHO but their equipment and tool specials were always great. You just had to be patient, wait until something goes on sale. Like right now a neat 100MSPS 2-ch USB scope for 200 Euros. Just poifect for the road. Can't post a link because they use those dreaded frames.
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Marlin P. Jones is the Archie McPhee of surplus electronics ;)
-a
They've been known to dump PCs over a rear fence in the winter. At least it wasn't stolen. :-/
I have a signature on file with UPS and FedEx to leave stuff on my porch. They do it all the time, even stuff that "requires" a signature. If it's such a problem, companies like The UPS Store will receive packages for a few bucks a month. I have a box at one now, since I'm contracting away from home and don't trust the neighborhood.
-- Keith
See, that's the truly tricky part...the program is _already_ going to do bit banging. It's going to be a serial-to-shift-register bridge (74HC595). I wanted to avoid the double penalty, and the USART (and onboard RC clock, for that matter) are well worth the, uh...less than $1 extra. SPI would have been a possibility, but on my current device SPI and USART share pins--no go.
More to the point, I'm currently developing the application on the
16F88, which is overkill with a price to match. (This thing definitely won't be needing an ADC!) Hence the search. :-)Thanks PSM
Un bel giorno Joerg digitò:
[Digikey in Europe]I don't know the situation in the other EU countries, but in Italy the shipping costs are generally high, for any kind of catalog/online vendor. The cheapest electronics suppliers (RS components, Distrelec) charge 8 euros for orders less than X euros, while Digikey Italy charges 18 euros. It's still a lot more, but I wouldn't say that one is prohibitive and the other is great. :)
There are a myriad of smaller online shops that use the national mail service for shipments instead of private couriers (thus reducing the costs of perhaps 3-4 euros) but they are not much more than a next-door electronics shop, inadequate for most hobbyists.
-- emboliaschizoide.splinder.com
On a sunny day (Thu, 20 Sep 2007 11:34:51 GMT) it happened dalai lamah wrote in :
Digikey started their business by selling an electronic keyer kit to the ham radio market. They grew from there to the electronics hobby market, and on to what they are today.
-- Service to my country? Been there, Done that, and I\'ve got my DD214 to prove it. Member of DAV #85. Michael A. Terrell Central Florida
Did you ever visit the Fair Radio store? I used to live in SW Ohio, and went up there about once a year. Mendelson's, in Dayton, was another nice surplus place that was about an hour's drive.
-- Service to my country? Been there, Done that, and I've got my DD214 to prove it. Member of DAV #85. Michael A. Terrell Central Florida
Wow, that's more times than I've seen Monty Python and the Holy Grail, which is probably around 10 or 12 times.
Don't know what my favorite western is, but my favorite movie is Princess Bride.
Mark
I'd add Hosfelt Electronics to that list.
Mark
Instead of clicking on the item, try "Open Link in New Window" or "Open Link in New Tab". That usually solves the frame conundrum; you should get the item all by itself (no frames) with a link in the browser's address bar.
Occasionally this won't work, but it usually does.
Mark
Yeah, that worked out well for me. I got my Tek 456 from one of these guys. The only promise he made was "as-is, but it would show a trace on the screen", which was kind of worrisome. But he included a complete service manual with it, and it was cheap, so I got it.
When it arrived, not only did it not show a trace, it smoked as soon as I turned it on. I figured I was screwed, but I sent him an email saying it was not as he had represented it, and explaining the problem.
He sent me good one a week after I shipped him back the dead one. So you can win sometimes on eBay :-).
John Perry
Ours is "My big fat Greek Wedding". Especially since friends of ours said that their story is nearly the same WRT the marriage ceremony and preparations. And yes, the husband also wasn't Greek Orthodox at first so he had to go through the same baptismal procedure. He has so far staunchly refused to show pictures.
[...]-- Regards, Joerg http://www.analogconsultants.com
Well, I guess this was one of those occasions because I'd tried the right-click thing.
-- Regards, Joerg http://www.analogconsultants.com
12th Night, the one with Imogen Suggs and Ben Kingsley.
John
That's a great way to not sell stuff, put the products on web pages that can't be linked to or bookmarked.
John
Yeah, some marketeers are ... no, I am not going to say it because I married one. But she did marketing right. She marketed the machine I helped design at my first job.
NXP is a classic example. As evidenced by a stunning loss. If they can't succeed in a good market like we have now, how will they fare in a tough market? If I was Mr.Kravis I'd be concerned.
-- Regards, Joerg http://www.analogconsultants.com
Yup, their web site is still pretty bad, but it's a little better than the worst of the Philips days.
John
Okay, I figured you probably knew about that but thought I'd mention it in case not.
Mark
p.s. By any chance, were you referring to this:
"Photo non disponible". When will they learn? Ever?
Could be the one. No photo :-(
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