[HH] You Do It Electronics doesnt carry Zero Force Insertion sockets....

[Jerry Feldman]

You Do It may order it for you if they carry the brand and can get it
through their distributor.

On 04/15/2012 10:26 PM, Greg London wrote:
>> The local retail outlets for things like that have pretty much dried up.
>> Once upon a time there used to be a few surplus stores in Cambridge
>> (Unitech for a short while, and Eli Heferon's for decades), but they're
>> gone.
> I grew up on a farm in the middle of nowhere. A trip to
> Radio Shack once in a blue moon was where I got a lot of
> my gadgets. Mail order from Heathkit was the other source.
> I wish now that I had bought their robot, dammit, but it
> was way too expensive for me. I spent all my money on a
> Radio Shack Color Computer and a floppy drive.
>
> ;/
>
> Oh well.
>
>> At one time there was a small chain of electronics stores aimed at
>> high-end hobbyists and professionals called Active Electronics. (They
>> had a store in Woburn I think.) They got bought up and renamed
>> Future-Active and turned into a more typical wholesale distributor.
> Is this a function of everything going online and brick-and-mortar
> stores just aren't needed? Or is electronics just not a hobby anymore?
>
> A few months ago, I read some article by an old school hacker saying
> that that hobbyists soldering parts together was a "phase" like the
> pet rock or hula hoops were a phase.
>
> At the time, I thought he was nuts. But jeebus, I'm not so sure anymore.
>
> Greg
>
>
>
>> Greg London wrote:
>>> You Do It Electronics doesnt carry Zero Force Insertion sockets.
>> That's disappointing. That would be the first place I'd think to look.
>>
>>
>>> is there a place that does? digikey has them, but I dont
>>> want to pay shipping for a single part. And if there is a local store
>>> that carries that level of parts, I would like to put it on my list
>>> of places to visit.
>> The local retail outlets for things like that have pretty much dried up.
>> Once upon a time there used to be a few surplus stores in Cambridge
>> (Unitech for a short while, and Eli Heferon's for decades), but they're
>> gone.
>>
>> At one time there was a small chain of electronics stores aimed at
>> high-end hobbyists and professionals called Active Electronics. (They
>> had a store in Woburn I think.) They got bought up and renamed
>> Future-Active and turned into a more typical wholesale distributor.
>>
>> Micro Center has a small smattering of electronic components, but I
>> doubt you'll find a ZIF socket there.
>>
>> And while this is something you'd probably find at Radio Shack 20 years
>> ago, as I'm sure you know, they have a pretty limited stock of
>> components now.
>>
>> Unless I'm mistaken it would seem the only local option is to order from
>> a national distributor with a local warehouse and sales office presence,
>> like Newark, Gerber, Allied, etc. and hope they've become friendlier to
>> non-industrial users. (Most of these companies now let you order online
>> with a credit card and don't require a formal account, so it's
>> possible.) Call them up and see if they'll take a pick-up order paid by
>> credit card. They'll probably charge 20 to 40% more than DigiKey.
>>
>> I'd certainly be interested to know if there are alternatives. With a
>> sizable concentration of electronics and robotics R&D happening around
>> here, there certainly should be enough of a customer base to support
>> several stores like Y-D-I Electronics.
>>
>>  -Tom
>>
>>
>


-- 
Jerry Feldman <gaf at blu.org>
Boston Linux and Unix
PGP key id:3BC1EB90 
PGP Key fingerprint: 49E2 C52A FC5A A31F 8D66  C0AF 7CEA 30FC 3BC1 EB90


-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: signature.asc
Type: application/pgp-signature
Size: 546 bytes
Desc: OpenPGP digital signature
URL: <http://lists.blu.org/pipermail/hardwarehacking/attachments/20120416/97884be3/attachment.sig>