Radio Shack Echo Kit

[tomg]

As of Oct 1. Techam is now RadioShack.com. The local store moved a 
good bit of RS stock in. Complete with a RS national-parts order counter.
Like all good RS employees the guys over there just nod their heads and
smile when questioned.

I got a chance to look at the echo-kit the chips are MN31071 and MN30071
or something like that. I was reading through the bag..looks like they
could 
be newer versions of the 3101/3007 combination $20 bucks isn't too bad but 
I just bought a new (to me) house and .....anyway maybe next month. The 
preamp IC looks like another Japanese chip. Might be ok but I don't think
they are digital and probably not really "echo" but more reverb in nature.

On a completely different note. I saw where National lost money again last
quarter.. That's 2 years of millions going in the bucket. How much longer 
can they last, even with government protection? If you are really fond of a
National only part it might be a good idea to put a few back. 

-tg


> be careful of that *new* *radio Shack* book.... To me it actually seems
like a
> Tech-America catalog.... I think. they changed the name... try
radioshack.com
> 
> but I was looking at that kit too... I was thinking about buying a few of
> them.... or at least finding out what the "specific echo chip" is... and
> gettign a bunch of those..