Where do you buy components?

From: Gordon Zaft <zaft_at_azstarnet.com>
Date: Fri Aug 3 18:31:26 2001

At 05:30 PM 8/3/2001 -0400, you wrote:
>There are some very nice electronics supply houses. Digi-key has an
>impressive catalog. But it isn't too good for obsolete parts, and the
>prices seem high.
>
>Jameco has a nice catalog, if they have what you want.
>
>I just bought all the chips (and some other components) to populate an
>Exidy Sorcerer motherboard from Unicorn Electronics
>(www.unicornelectronics.com). They had every single component I
>ordered, including some chips long out of production. Prices seemed
>good to me. And delivery was free and arrival was the same week. And
>the packing was all very neat in chip tubes.
>
>I just wanted to mention this good experience, since I think it is
>important to support businesses that support our hobby.

         Another vote for Unicorn. $20 minimum order and FREE SHIPPING,
online ordering and fast shipment. They are great. Now if they only had
those DS1233s I'm looking for...

G
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