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| Sal Ammoniac:
--- Quote from: linux-works on November 01, 2019, 05:19:30 pm ---really miss Halted; will have to see if the new location is at all like the old one. --- End quote --- Not really. Yes, they have a lot of the stuff from the old Halted location, but the whole feel of the place is different. Another one bites the dust... |
| free_electron:
--- Quote from: Sal Ammoniac on November 01, 2019, 08:41:50 pm --- --- Quote from: linux-works on November 01, 2019, 05:19:30 pm ---really miss Halted; will have to see if the new location is at all like the old one. --- End quote --- Not really. Yes, they have a lot of the stuff from the old Halted location, but the whole feel of the place is different. Another one bites the dust... --- End quote --- true, they have less of the 'old crap' that halted was famous for. like solid carbon resistors , stinkbug caps and other vacuum-tube era stuff. They do have a better selection of 'modern' parts. |
| Homer J Simpson:
Originally a live stream so not the greatest video quality. |
| dbctronic:
I visited the Fry's that had just opened up out west of O'Hare Airport, near Chicago, back in 2002 when the last of the regular hobbyist level parts stores (Alpha) closed shop. As many have said on this thread, I felt like I was in an abandoned warehouse, no employees in sight. It was a long drive to discover that the hobby parts department had been stocked with inventory chosen by monkeys. Astonishing lack of standard jellybean parts - no 2N3055 or equivalent but plenty of oddball transistors I'd never heard of. One soldering iron... no solder!!! Etc, etc. Very weird selection. Went home with almost nothing I went for, and I was just trying to build a power supply!!! Whoosh. Not at all surprised they are on the skids these days. |
| bobcat2000:
I remembered I skipped work to wait in long line in Fry's to buy a 386 PC. I went to 5 different Fry's just to check out their themes. Said to see Fry's goes under. |
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