they are both on the web, although i'm not from the us nor do i live there,
I have dealt with both of them through the internet and got a good
impression http://www.digikey.com/ and http://www.jameco.com/ ... they have
online catalogs and search.
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From: squareone@ZAPCOM.NET
To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
Date: 21 May 1997 0:12 AM
Subject: Re: USA and electronic

> can help me by telling places where I
>>can found a lot of things (also surplus stores)?
>
>Try mail order houses--you can possibly get a catalog from them:
>
>Digi-Key Corporation
>701 Brooks Avenue South
>Thief River Falls, MN 56701-0677
>USA
>(800) 344-4539
>
>or
>
>JAMECO
>1355 Shoreway Road
>Belmont, CA 94002-4100
>(800) 831-4242
>
>Hope this helps.
>Rgds,
>Wanda Benson
>
>Square [1] Electronics
>POB 501
>Kelseyville, Calif. 95451 USA
>(707)279-8881 VOICE
>(707)279-8883 FAX
>squareone@zapcom (E-MAIL)
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>http://www.zapcom.net/~squareone (Table of Contents for "Easy PIC'n)
>"Easy PIC'n, A Beginner's Guide to Using PIC16/17 Microcontrollers"
>by David Benson, published by Square 1 Electronics ISBN 0-9654162-0-8,
> $29.95 + S/H,  $3.00 in the U.S., $5 - $14 for other countries
>
>**Watch for the 1997 release of an intermediate book entitled, "PIC'n Up
>The Pace", and advanced and PIC project books from Square [1].
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