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I was in the San Francisco Bay area working on a unix admin contract for 6
months in the mid-90s, just before the internet really took off.

I loved going to Fry's.   Motherboards, computer cases, electronics tools,
supplies, test equipment, and on and on and on.    It was a geeks
paradise...

I also loved all of the surplus stores.

Sadly, most of this seems to have been left behind. I miss being able to
walk into a fully stocked temple of technology and buy pretty much
anything.   I've been in a Fry's about once every couple years since then
and the last couple visits were just depressing with nothing really on the
shelf but emptiness.   My occasional trip to the Bay area surplus stores
(when I have a rental car) has had fewer stops each year as they all slowly
close.

But I get it, as the internet has made even more stuff accessible to
everyone, far more than you could stock in any one store.  Doesn't make it
any less sad.

On Thu, Feb 25, 2021 at 3:43 PM Spehro Pefhany <speff@interlog.com> wrote:

> At 05:24 PM 2/25/2021, you wrote:
> >" ... Sadly, I never set foot inside of a Fry's though I hear it was an
> >experience beginning with the themed entrances found at many of the
> >locations. ..."
> >
> >Unlike Ms Panos, I have. Once only. In 2003.
> >
> >
> >
> https://hackaday.com/2021/02/25/frys-electronics-has-fizzled-out-complete=
ly/
> >
> >
> https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2021/02/frys-electronics-i=
s-no-more-and-all-30-stores-will-soon-close/
> >
> >11/2019
> >
> https://www.pocnetwork.net/technology-news/frys-electronics-stores-are-lo=
oking-empty-as-they-go-through-changes/
>
> Shame. I thought they (and C&H Surplus in Pasadena) were a highlight
> of visits to the US West. But time moves on.
>
> Best regards,
> Spehro Pefhany
>
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