[ale] OT - Hobby - Breadboard Kits

[Chris Fowler]

Radio shack is a good location.  For good tools I buy from

http://www.pimfg.com

you'll need good iron, 8x loop, flux bottle and flux, etc...

On Thu, 2004-06-17 at 09:50, Nathan J. Underwood wrote:
> Ok, this is very OT, but I don't know of anywhere to go that I could get 
> better advice.  I have to get a hobby (long story, we'll just leave it 
> at that), and I've been searching for something that can keep my 
> attention.  I've got some background in electronics (Army, and DeVry), 
> and really enjoyed tinkering with little breadboard kits.  I've not done 
> anything with them since, but would like to (this could be my new little 
> hobby).  Anyone else into this, and able to suggest anywhere to purchase 
> the little kits?  It would probably be a good plan to start out small 
> (until I get over my fear of signs that say "Warning 10,000 Ohms"), and 
> build from there.  I saw an episode a few months (may have been years, 
> don't really remember) on The Screensavers where they were all building 
> these little kits, and it's been a background process of mine ever 
> since.  Eventually, I'd love to get to building little [useless] devices 
> that I could operate via the serial port on my *nix box (ok, now it's 
> maybe not TOO off topic B) )
> 
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