[Boatanchors] RS.. was soldering/desoldering

[J. Forster]

carolew wrote:

> [snip] In retrospect, it looks like Radio Shack made a mistake shifting from electronics/parts to cell phones, cell phones and more cell phones. [snip]

Really? If they had stayed with parts, they would have gone broke 20 years ago. I buy perhaps $10 every couple of months, I've never seen ANYONE else buying parts. BTW, I'm in one of the 2 high tech capitals of the US.

Almost no one builds stuff anymore.

-John