On 2016-07-25 03:34 PM, Russell Reiter via talk wrote:
active surplus …
I have yet to find another place with such a comprehensive stock of the little odds and ends someone night need.
True enough, but Graham (the former manager of Active Surplus) plus the skilled facilitators of Little Dada are trying to find space for a relaunch. More details here: OGP ("Operation Gorilla Phoenix") Electronics & Surplus <http://www.greenenterprises.ca/OGP.html> Other places that might have the little bits like standoffs: * the elecronics place in the basement of the College Home Hardware, near Spadina * Above All surplus on Bloor near Euclid (Steve has some very vintage/niche bits indeed. His phone is disconnected, so don't try calling) * A-1 Surplus out in the wilds of Etobicoke is a vast cavern of *stuff*. I'm told that patient browsing rewards with some excellent finds*. If you plan ahead and have a few weeks before a build, you can buy selection boxes of hardware on eBay from Hong Kong, and they'll arrive in a few weeks. I am never organized enough to do this. Stewart *: I'm still trying to round up a trip out to A-1 soon. Have vehicle, can travel, will be spending a couple of hours browsing the chip racks looking for cooler hardware than the speech synths I found last time. cheers, Stewart