Holy crap.

[rsilk]

http://forums.parallax.com/showthread.p ... quick-look

This is kind of a big deal. I wonder if some of sparkfun's retail-packaged stuff will start going that way as well?

[DigitalOSH]

Man, I really hope this hits Canada, radio shack has been going downhill from the second that circuit city bought them...

[JamesCooper]

Like the guys in that post, I remember hunting around at Radio Shack as a kid for parts. I had IR LEDs and phototransistors, solar cells, motors, perf board, and plenty of other toys. I think that's even where I got my first Weller iron.

Then one day they stopped carrying resistors. All you could get was TVs, stereos, and computers. Radio Shack had turned into Future Shop.

I really hope they bring it back and I hope that The Source (which really isn't any different than their Circuit City parents) goes back to this legacy. InterTan components and Forrest M. Mims circuit books for everyone!