Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!husc6!think!ames!pasteur!ucbvax!agate!saturn!ucscb.UCSC.EDU!matthew From: matthew@ucscb.UCSC.EDU (73550000) Newsgroups: sci.electronics Subject: Re: Radio Shack parts, quality of Message-ID: <3807@saturn.ucsc.edu> Date: 18 Jun 88 07:09:05 GMT References: <17492@glacier.STANFORD.EDU> Sender: usenet@saturn.ucsc.edu Reply-To: matthew@ucscb.UCSC.EDU ((Matthew T. Kaufman)) Organization: University of California, Santa Cruz; CATS Lines: 22 In article <17492@glacier.STANFORD.EDU> jbn@glacier.STANFORD.EDU (John B. Nagle) writes: > > With the decline of northern Silicon Valley as a R&D area in electronics, >it has become more difficult to buy electronic parts in the area. ... > [much deleted] > > So, if anyone out there works for an electronic parts retailer >interested in locating in a new area, consider Palo Alto, Redwood City, >or Mountain View. There is no competition. > > John Nagle > except Fry's Electronics in Sunnyvale/Santa Clara (just a short hop down 101 from Palo Alto/Mountain View) If you haven't been there, you MUST go, just to see what happens when you combine a components retail shop and a grocery store. Really. Matthew Kaufman matthew@ucscb.ucsc.edu ...!ucbvax!ucscc!ucscb!matthew .