Parts from the past

[electronjohn]

I was organizing manuals and literature, etc. in my shop when I came across a bunch of Fair Radio catalogs. Which got me to thinking: how many of you were like me...saving paper route money to send in a $5 order to the late, great "Poly-Paks"? I still have one of a 3 for 99 CK722 transistor deal I go from them way back when. Or..did you carefully send off a postcard to get the latest Burstein-Applebee or McGee catalog? Or drool over all the cool stuff you could get from Meshna? Of course, the Allied and Lafayette catalogs made for days and days of careful reading as well. Still have the little transistor stereo amp from Lafayette that I scrimped for months to get!