but there's still Digikey & Mouser
A few years back I discovered Digikey, which was US only at that point.
Man what an awesome catalog they had: by which I mean a real paper book like the thickest, richest most addictive telephone book you've ever seen. It was like being a kid again.
I literally had to throw it out because I was spending too much time browsing it.
I used them again recently. Their website has not changed in about 30 years and their delivery charges for small orders is still expensive, but the delivery is surprisingly fast. I ordered stuff on the saturday evening, and it was delivered on the monday morning.
The range of components blows anything Maplin or Tandy had right out the water.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
