* 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.
I visited A1 surplus some months ago and they sure have a lot of stuff, I didn't see anything very exciting. It struck me as a bit pricey, too. Above All however has some useful stuff. P. -- Peter Hiscocks Syscomp Electronic Design Limited, Toronto http://www.syscompdesign.com USB Oscilloscope and Waveform Generator 647-839-0325