[ale] Where have all the computer stores gone

[Tim Yoder]

Well, Ack is not exactly Wizard Electronics.  Two or three (four?) years 
ago, Wizard had to give up their long-held place on Tullie Road at North 
Druid Hills and the Expressway.  So they moved in with Ack.  Then Ack 
went out of business.  Lots of the inventory was still there, and Wizard 
had been given permission to sell it, but only in large, wholesale 
quantities.  Not in little bits, like I wanted to buy.  :-(

On 10/18/20 3:50 AM, SpaXpert, Inc. wrote:
> 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 
> <mailto:ale at ale.org>> wrote:
>
>     It was closer to a 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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