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Subject: Re: Shelf-Life question

From: pow333@...
Date: 2001-01-20

--- In motm@egroups.com, "Dave Bradley" <daveb2@u...> wrote:
> --- In motm@egroups.com, pow333@h... wrote:
> > I just got to pick through several crates of old Archer parts on
> > cardboard cards. Got a lot of switches and knobs. Do capacitors,
> > resistors, and diodes go bad if they've just been sitting in a box
> > gathering dust for years?
>
> One could argue that Archer (Rat Shack) parts were bad when they were
> new.
>
> BWAAA HAHAHAHA nyuk nyuk!
>
> Stooge Moe
Nawww! I got some great knobs with red and green insets and an
absolutely godless amount of ridiculously esoteric jack adapters ( 1/8"
female to 3/32"male, rca mono to 1/8" male stereo), all old enough to
bear "made in japan" on the cards.