[GTALUG] Advice -- Building Debian 8 PC To Replace Win XP PC;

[Stewart C. Russell]

On 2016-07-25 03:34 PM, Russell Reiter via talk wrote:
> 
> active surplus …
> 
> I have yet to find another place with such a comprehensive stock of the
> little odds and ends someone night need.

True enough, but Graham (the former manager of Active Surplus) plus the
skilled facilitators of Little Dada are trying to find space for a
relaunch. More details here: OGP ("Operation Gorilla Phoenix")
Electronics & Surplus <http://www.greenenterprises.ca/OGP.html>

Other places that might have the little bits like standoffs:

* the elecronics place in the basement of the College Home Hardware,
near Spadina

* Above All surplus on Bloor near Euclid (Steve has some very
vintage/niche bits indeed. His phone is disconnected, so don't try calling)

* A-1 Surplus out in the wilds of Etobicoke is a vast cavern of *stuff*.
I'm told that patient browsing rewards with some excellent finds*.

If you plan ahead and have a few weeks before a build, you can buy
selection boxes of hardware on eBay from Hong Kong, and they'll arrive
in a few weeks. I am never organized enough to do this.

 Stewart

*: I'm still trying to round up a trip out to A-1 soon. Have vehicle,
can travel, will be spending a couple of hours browsing the chip racks
looking for cooler hardware than the speech synths I found last time.

cheers,
 Stewart