nospam wrote:

as i said originally, not everyone is near a store.


OK, so you just want excuses. Have it your way. Don't do anything,
but complain. When I started in electronics in the early '60s almost
everything was mail order from various printed catalogs. 30 days was the
usual wait for anything. Backorders were common, as well as canceled
orders. I mowed lawns and did any other job someone would pay a
teenager to do to buy tools, parts and service data. I taught myself
electronics starting at eight years old, and by the time I was 20 I
tested out of a three year EE school in the US Army.


Now you have electronic order processing and overnight delivery on
lots of parts, yet you bitch because you can't take three steps from
your couch to the store. Parts and equipment are dirt cheap, easy to
find and well documented today. The only 'bargains' in the '60s was
electronic surplus. Mostly worn out or damaged military or industrial
surplus from W.W.II. You had to dig through piles of junk to find
something repairable, and take your chances. Some equipment was so bad
that it was sold by the pound. Even then, it was over an hour drive to
the nearest surplus dealer.


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