[XCSSA] ATEX going out of business, electronics kits

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Wed, 12 Jul 2006 08:05:02 -0500


On Jul 12, 2006, at 5:43 AM, xcssa-admin@xcssa.org wrote:

> The only other Atex-like store I know of is in Austin. It is a  
> smallish place off of Burnet Rd.
> (you have to turn onto Longhorn Dr.). I forget the mane but it is  
> in a industrial area. I have
> been there a couple of times. Maybe Bruce can help me out with the  
> name and exact
> location.....

Bantam Electronics, formerly Tinkertronics.  They became a bit less  
geek friendly a few years back with the name change, with a $10  
minimum purchase rule.

> And speaking of Fry's, weren't we supposed to get one last year?  
> What happened with that?
> Does anybody know?
>
> --Robert

I want them to build one just so I don't have to hear San Antonio  
people complaining and sometimes even asking me to buy shit for  
them. :-)

  - Bruce -