n Tue, Mar 8, 2011 at 11:00 AM, Herbert Graf <hkgraf@gmail.com> wrote:

> True perhaps in the areas you are thinking of Olin, but very NOT true in
> other areas.
>
> VG happens to be in one of the "mechas" for electronics stores: Toronto.
>
> For downtown Toronto try Supremetronic for "regular" electronics stuff
> (they are near Spadina and College, there's also a second store that
>

I'll check that out today.


> carries similar stuff on the south side of College just east of
> Spadina).


Are you talking about Creatron? That's the one I go to regularly.


> You can also hit Active Surplus on Queen, but don't go there
> for something specific.
>

I'll check that out as well.


> For uptown there are more options on Gordon Baker near Victoria Park and
> Steeles. Active Electronics and Sayal are both there.
>

I've been to the Sayal there but never found the Active Electroincs. Sayal
has a lot of cool stuff but is *VERY* expensive.

Sayal is the best without question, they have a few other locations as
> well:
>
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