<div dir="ltr"><div>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.</div><div><br></div><div>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.</div><div><br></div><div>Doug.<br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, Oct 17, 2020 at 10:53 PM Tim Yoder via Ale <<a href="mailto:ale@ale.org">ale@ale.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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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.<br>
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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 <span>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.<br>
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