[Coco] RadioShack returns...

[Aaron Wolfe]

On Thu, Dec 20, 2012 at 12:18 AM, Allen Huffman <alsplace at pobox.com> wrote:
> On Dec 19, 2012, at 10:36 PM, lciotti1 at gmail.com wrote:
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>> Although a coco or coco emulator would be great, after some thought I would like them to bring back the educational electronic kits I had when I was a kid.  The ones where that had lessions and you built up the circuits using pieces of wire and the connections were small springs.
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> Have you checked out your local Radio Shack lately? Not only do they have some of those, like we remember, but they also offer TinkerKits that are electronic components, sensors, etc. that snap in with connectors so you don't even have to deal with jumper wires and springs. I was really blown away with all the things they now carry -- passive infrared motion sensors (PIRs), Arduino, Parallax, servos... Heck, they even had a DMX (DJ lighting network) interface board for $19!
>

Locally it seems the RS stores have each picked one of two paths..
some stores have become worse and worse, ending up as a cell phone
store, others are gradually getting better and stocking more kits,
Arduino type stuff, etc.  Point being that if you visit one local
store and find nothing of interest, you may want to check another or
call around.  The "good ones" do seem to be getting better with more
interesting stuff every time I stop in.