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Originally Posted by JimB
Sorry all wrong!
In the USA there is Radio Shack, they had a UK division trading under the name Tandy.
Tandy closed up many years ago and I believe morphed into Carphone Warehouse.
Maplin has (as far as I can remember) always been Maplin.
In the UK there was a company called Radio Spares, and they were suppliers of components mostly to the radio and TV repair trade.
In the early 1970s they changed their name to RS Components and are now a major supplier of electronic components (amongst other things).
In industry they are usually just refered to as RS.
So, UK RS and USA RS are two very different entities.
By the way, I get stuff from RS.
I used Farnell, but for me they went downhill a few years ago when they merged with some other company.
JimB
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Ah, Tandy - I'd forgotten the name. I was confused abit because I thought Tandy was very unlike Maplin.
Regardless, in my first post I was talking about the UK version of Radio Spares, not US RadioShack AKA Tandy. Tandy was kind of shite, had a very poor range and equally poor prices.
While I havn't ordered anything from UK Radio Spares yet, I will do soon. They have a nice selection of mechanical components which is nice for some projects - Less people to buy from. Be warned that you can usually buy UK Radio Spares's stuff cheaper elsewhere, but you can't beat the massive range.
17th July 2008, 05:19 PM
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