Re: Performa 475 Help

Ryan Callaghan <UsenetsPam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Tim Gowen <tim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > The proverbial colleague has left me with his Performa 475 which only
> > starts up if you hold down the P-RAM reset keys, only it doesn't bong
> > twice. The battery is out, and the system is 7.5.
> >
> > I assume it's not happy about the year 2005 because it's System 7.5? It
> > displays the year as /5 not /05.
> >
> > I couldn't find 3.5v lithium batteries on the Maplin website. Shirley
> > they sell them?
>
> I think it's this one,
> http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=26673&&source=14&doy=17m10
>
> It's sad to see how bad Maplin have got in recent years, it used to be
> that you could go there and get any component you were likely to need,
> and all the tools and accesories. Now it's a depressing selection of
> cheap gadgets, their component range is a fraction of what it once was,
> making getting parts a pain if you have a project that needs bits (Plus,
> they never have them in stock and you have to wait), where they used to
> sell decent tools, now it's the same stuff you can get for 1/2 the price
> from a market tool stall, and their website manages to be both
> frustraingly badly designed[1], and totally devoid of useful information
> for any of the products.
> A few years from now the only course of action for someone who actually
> wants to build or fix a piece of electronic equipment is going to be
> ordering online from the likes of Farnell or RS, unless you can get to
> one of their trade counters, and convince them that you are in fact
> trade. </rant>

You'll be lucky. a lot of of the 'tradional' components are
disappearing from every stockist, RS and Farnell included. You can't
even buy tagboards for making simple demonstration circuits.

As for good quality tools, have you tried to buy any recently? Even
respected brand names turn out to be just re-badged rubbish.

The electronics industry has gone from this country and the component
and tool suppliers have gone with it. Until recently there have been
enough goods in the pipeline for the signs of it to be ignored - but the
stocks have now run out and no-one is left making them.


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