Radio Shack abandons components

From: Chuck McManis <cmcmanis_at_mcmanis.com>
Date: Tue Nov 20 10:11:55 2001

I've seen this coming for a while.

At 06:58 AM 11/20/01 -0500, John wrote:
> I have seen several posts on other fora bemoaning the fact that our
>beloved Radio Shack is rapidly phasing out it's sales of carded
>components, resistors, caps, diodes, etc.
>
> I imagine this to be the case... and another blow to Enginerds and
>parts-level hobbyists not lucky enough to be near a Fry's or other
>still-functioning small-quantity parts outlet.
>
> Experimenters: Time to stock up!


If you live in the US (sorry John) then Digikey is pretty good at getting
many of the parts you need. Between them, Mouser, and a few surplus places
I can find everything I need for any given project. However, it is true
that "hobbyist" electronics is quickly going to become a lot more challenging.

--Chuck
Received on Tue Nov 20 2001 - 10:11:55 GMT