Comment on 'boardswapping' as part of the computer CULTURE.

[a.carlini at ntlworld.com]

Tony Duell wrote:
> And even components are getting more difficult to find. Yes, there are
> plenty of places on the net to get stuff, most, if not all, will take
> credit cards (or Paypal, or...) and send you the stuff. But the days
> of being able to pop into a local shop for a 1k resistor are very
> much over. 

Maplins still have shops and they still sell components - they
had LDRs available when I needed one a few months ago. 
Admittedly most of the shop if full of kits and pre-built
stuff, but they still do individual components.

They aren't local (to me) though.

Antonio

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Antonio carlini
arcarlini at iee.org