I'm uptown, so don't know many downtown stores. Sayal , Vic Park/Mcnichol, is where I go for everything. For arduino stuff I used to go to Creatron, on Dundas, but they moved to Birchmount/Sheppard.
Long, long ago I recall Active Surplus, with the gorilla outside the store? On Sun, 15 Dec 2019 at 19:25, Evan Leibovitch via talk <talk@gtalug.org> wrote: > On the positive side of things... > > One of my personal favourite places for obscure gear, Sayal Electronics, > is not only doing well but has been quietly expanding. > > Unknown to inner city types, the original opened next to Active's > Mississauga store. Frequently frustrated by Active's not having what I > wanted, I'd go to Sayal which always had what I needed and eventually > became my first stop in that plaza. > > That location is still doing well, obviously having outlasted Active. > Their main location and head office remains on Victoria Park north of Finch > (very close to where Electrosonic used to be) but they also have locations > in Markham and near Vaughan Mills. And they've also expanded to Barrie, > Cambridge and Burlington. Their stores tend to be very large, which might > be the reason they prefer industrial zones to city storefronts. > > Also: Canada Computers just did a move of its North York location, from a > strip mall to Centrepoint Mall (Yonge & Steeles) where it occupies the > ENTIRE space formerly used by the Target store. It's immense and when I > went there a few weeks ago (though the "official" opening was yesterday) > there was plenty of unused area, they could easily fit all of their other > Toronto locations into this one spot. > > - Evan > > > On Sun, 15 Dec 2019 at 16:30, James Knott via talk <talk@gtalug.org> > wrote: > >> I remember when there were a lot of stores that sold electronic and >> computer stuff. Besides Active Surplus, there were several stores along >> Queen, including Arkon, first near Church and later towards Spadina. >> There were also several stores on College around Spadina/Bathhurst. >> Then there was Active Electronics, on Lombard St. and when needed I >> could hop the subway up to Electrosonic at 555 Yonge St., before they >> moved to Gordon Baker Rd. IIRC, there were a couple of other stores in >> the same vicinity. There was also City Surplus, on Dixie Rd. north of >> the 401, which had a lot of electronic gear. Of course, back in those >> days, there were a lot of shops that catered to the TV repair business, >> such as Atwater Electronics, not far from Heathkit, in Mississauga. >> Going way back, I remember Radio Essentials and Pat's Electronics, in >> Oakville. The Oakville Amateur Radio club used to meet in Pat's basement. >> >> >> >> On 2019-12-15 02:59 PM, Karen Lewellen via talk wrote: >> > Oh I am crushed. >> > Steve had, and understood some of the most creative things about >> > connecting electronics. >> > I have cables in my home and production studio that I simply could not >> > find in town anywhere, especially after Radio shack went away. >> > Above all was a computer maintenance dream as well. >> > *sniff!* >> > Kare >> > >> > >> > >> > On Sat, 14 Dec 2019, Stewart C. Russell via talk wrote: >> > >> >> Losing Active Surplus a few years back was bad, but this one seems >> >> worse: long-established electronic surplus/weird stuff/junk store >> >> Above All Electronic Surplus (635 Bloor W, at Euclid) is closed. I >> >> went by today and the windows were papered over and a For Lease sign >> >> was on the front. Steve, the owner, was inside tidying up, but the >> >> door was locked. Above All was where I went for the off-the-wall >> >> retro stuff I knew no-one else would carry. Appletalk cables? Bulk PC >> >> reset buttons (some still marked Turbo XT)? SCSI interfaces? Mac >> >> Classic RAM? These are all things I found at Above All. >> >> >> >> >> >> Above All has moved before. Let's hope this is the case again. >> >> >> >> >> >> cheers, >> >> >> >> Stewart >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > >> > >> > --- >> > Post to this mailing list talk@gtalug.org >> > Unsubscribe from this mailing list >> https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk >> >> --- >> Post to this mailing list talk@gtalug.org >> Unsubscribe from this mailing list >> https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk >> > > > -- > Evan Leibovitch, Toronto Canada > @evanleibovitch or @el56 > --- > Post to this mailing list talk@gtalug.org > Unsubscribe from this mailing list > https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk >
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