From: Jeff@invalid.invalid   
      
   On 30/11/2025 18:28, Cursitor Doom wrote:   
   > On Sun, 30 Nov 2025 08:15:34 +0000, Jeff Layman    
   > wrote:   
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   > IIRC it was called Tandy in the UK. When I lived in Germany, there was   
   > Conrad. They were very good stockists of components and certainly a   
   > lot better in that regard than Maplin in Britain. I wonder if Maplin   
   > are still going? I can't be bothered to look.and care still less.   
      
   Still around, but nowadays found in some Jessops and London Camera   
   Exchange shops, as well as online.   
      
   More years ago than I care to remember, my main source of components was   
   Tiny's (in Dalston, North London). As it happens, it's where Alan Sugar   
   used to get his electronic stuff according to his autobiography.   
   Occasionally, I used the surplus shops in Tottenham Court Road and Lisle   
   Street.   
      
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   Jeff   
      
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