Hi Tony,
>>....the Tandy stores here in Birmingham are all too often little more
>>than mobile phone/radio controlled car shops....
> You do realise they've been taken over by a cellular phone sales
>company (at least in England)....
Actually, I wasn't aware of that. It certainly explains a lot though....
>....That's why they sold off all their components at low (really low,
>not just low by Tandy standards) prices.
Damn, I missed that. :-(
> VCR parts are generally available from companies like Grandata...
We've were using "HRS" and "Wiltsgrove" until recently. Sadly, about 18
months ago both companies decided they'd only deal with account customers,
which makes dealing with them nigh on impossible now. :-(
> I'm sure I've mentioned before how Sharp refused to sell me a little
>plastic gear for one of their photocopiers....
Funnily enough, the parts we were after from JVC were little plastic
gears/rollers too.
>....This had 2 results. Firstly, I'll never buy another Sharp unit as
>long as I live....
I don't blame you, I've stuck with Panasonic VCRs myself ever since.
>....Secondly, I spent rather a lot of money at Myfords and ending up
>being able to _make_ mechanical parts myself :-)
Good idea!!
TTFN - Pete.
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Hardware & Software Engineer. Sound Engineer.
Collector of Arcade Machines, Games Consoles & Obsolete Computers (esp DEC)
peter.pachla_at_wintermute.org.uk | www.wintermute.org.uk
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Received on Fri Apr 14 2000 - 16:40:43 BST