It's the same Allied, they just sell basic components now, but have a
great selection. They have a large warehouse in Ft Worth with a will
call counter.
John Rollins wrote:
>
> >There was another one I haven't seen in a couple of decades, called Allied.
> >I once worked for a subsidiary of another Allied Electronics, so they must
> >have been gone by then.
>
> The old Allied combined with RatShack... Take a look at some of the ads
> before they disappeared and it says "Allied Radio Shack", and is now just
> plain old Radio Shack... There is another Allied around(I have an older
> catalog around here somewhere), but it's more for commercial users,
> although I suppose they don't mind hobbyists. They have sales offices just
> about everywhere, there's one here in Portland, OR... But I don't remember
> what the web URL is.
>
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