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Kerlin:
There was one that I haven't seen mentioned.
It was maybe called Homecrafts ?
Maybe located, in Little Lonsdale just around the corner from Swanston street.
Was it the place that had a flat DC motor glued on the window spinning a weighted arm?

Another memory I have was running into the son of the owner of Ellistronics out the front of the shop.
He had showed me a second hand Dino Ferrari he just bought, for I think it was some $30-60K.
He me told that it was cheap and would be worth a fortune one day. Think they are worth millions now.

Circlotron:

--- Quote from: intabits on December 22, 2020, 12:56:19 pm ---I don't remember the name of the place, but I bought a 2102 NMOS RAM chip for $3 from a (NatSemi?) agent somewhere in Collingwood.

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George Brown in Sackville St Collingwood?

Circlotron:

--- Quote from: Kerlin on December 22, 2020, 10:43:39 pm ---There was one that I haven't seen mentioned.
It was maybe called Homecrafts ?
Maybe located, in Little Lonsdale just around the corner from Swanston street.
Was it the place that had a flat DC motor glued on the window spinning a weighted arm?

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The wizzy thing on the window rings a bell... I vaguely remember a hifi shop like that, but in Elizabeth or Swanston St and with a Nakamichi 1000 Tri Tracer cassette deck in the window. Drool...
https://www.audiocircle.com/index.php?topic=51721.msg464210#msg464210

intabits:

--- Quote from: VK3DRB on December 22, 2020, 10:42:31 pm ---Excellent post by Intabits :-+.

He did not mention Tasman Electronics...

Jock Ellis ran Ellistronics in Lonsdale Street. I did not know he ran United Trade Sales as well.

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Thanks!
Tasman Electronics rings a bell. Probably from ads in the magazines? I never went there.

I'm not at all 100% on Ellistronics & United Trade Sales. I know that Jock had another business name before Ellistronics, and I'm pretty sure that it was UTS.
And I'm pretty sure that he had the two Lonsdales CBD stores. So I'm fairly sure the Lt. Lonsdale one was UTS.
But I thought the other was also, with Ellistronics only appearing when he moved out of the CBD. But it's all a bit hazy...


--- Quote from: Circlotron on December 23, 2020, 06:47:48 am ---George Brown in Sackville St Collingwood?

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That sounds right. Looking at the street, it probably was.

"Homecrafts" also rings a bell quite loudly, I just can't picture it.

Circlotron:

--- Quote from: Kerlin on December 22, 2020, 10:43:39 pm ---There was one that I haven't seen mentioned.
It was maybe called Homecrafts ?
Maybe located, in Little Lonsdale just around the corner from Swanston street.

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