> Man, Fry's is the worst kind of drug... I went there today to exchange an
> ATAPI ZIP drive that exhibited the infamous "click of death" (this drive was
> for my CATS system; the replacement drive worked fine). And lo, what should
> I discover on the shelf but:
> 
>     - NE-2000 compatible PCI ethernet for $8 (piles of them)
>     - SoundBlaster-16 compatible ISA sound for $6 (limit one per customer)
> 
> I bought 3 of each. (Friends helped me get around the customer limit.)
> I have a slight dread that I have just rewarded slave labor in China.

Hah!  yes..   Fry's is a great place..  rows and rows and rows
of electronics goodies at really good prices :)  And there are no
less than 5 of them in the Bay area.

Peter

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