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Frank Erskine wrote:
A bigger problem will be components going obsolete because the
manufacturers don't see a big enough market to justify the investment.

This is largely happening, isn't it ? Maplin's shops are pretty
hopeless for electronic components. They're going much the same way as
Tandy did before they closed down - primarily stage electronics and
toy racing cars.

I'd say that's more to do with electronics as a hobby not being as popular
as it once was. So it makes little sense to carry large stocks in a high
street shop of slow moving goods.

But given the move to surface mount in manufacture, the death of at least
some 'conventional' sized stuff is inevitable.

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