[ale] Where have all the computer stores gone

[SpaXpert, Inc.]

Ack Radio is now Wizard electronics at the same location.  They are also
hiring AV electronics techs.  I had to get some MDA20 fuses a couple years
ago, and they were the only game in town.  I saw a sign that said they were
hiring and asked them what the qualifications were, and the dude said you
have to pass a test.  I'm like oh... I love a challenge.  So I took the
test.  It was a strange bit.  The test seemed to have been written in the
80's, and had a couple of problems that seemed to have no definitive answer.

Anyhow, the owner of the place offered me a job after that, but I had to
turn it down bc I've been self employed for 25 years and make more on my
own.  The place is still there with vintage equipment and vintage techs as
well haha.  Us old school electronics techs seem to be a dying breed these
days.

Doug.

On Sat, Oct 17, 2020 at 10:53 PM Tim Yoder via Ale <ale at ale.org> wrote:

> It was closer to Radio Shack than a seller of computers, but I really miss
> Ack Electronics, which used to be at 554 Deering Road in Atlanta.  If you
> were running co-ax cable or CAT-5e/6 cable (by the foot or by the roll) or
> needed connectors or cover plates or tools, that was the place to get it.
> They did lots of business with Georgia Tech; then Amazon put a shipping
> center right on Tech's campus a couple of years ago, and that was the end
> of Ack Electronics.
>
> For people who live near Emory University, there's a great little place
> called Trend Technology at Clairemont and North Decatur, which I highly
> recommend.  The owner's name is Sukru, and he's always given me good
> advice and sold me quality stuff when I've been in the market for used
> computers or needed to upgrade components for my existing equipment.
>
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