Each of the #Frys_Electronics stores I been in had a different look to the building. I think the one in San Diego had been an Incredible Universe store before. Usually a large selection of parts for building your own computer.
However, I was disappointed that I did not see !RasPi or !Arduino or other computer board products.
@moonman #sonOne prefers reading sensors and turning motors with !Arduino to most of the common !RasPi projects, but he was thrilled when I sent a #BBB, two #BBGs (one wireless), and a micro sized !BBB.
Now that my grandson #GS2 is back home, I am hoping that the two of them work together on some projects.
There’s probably a need for “ground support” as well, but I and some co-workers noticed that there does not seem to be any retailer here in #PR that sells !RasPI or !Arduino or any similar devices. If someone did the work to create Espanol curricula built around such devices and made the devices and related projects and learning materials available, I expect someone may be able to make a splash here.
One day, I should ask what happened to the !rpi devices and !arduino stuff I bought for #GS2. I'm sure he couldn't take those items with him when he moved in with relatives on the other side of the family, seeing that they had a house rule: no more than 30 minutes of electronic devices (including phones, televisions, video games, computers, tablets, and so on) per day.
In case anyone is interested, here's a link to the first 27 issues of "Micro Cornucopia"
MicroC was a magazine from 1981-1990 that initially covered the Ferguson Big Board, expanded to the Xerox 820, Kaypro, and other BB-like units before expanding to all things single-board.
Later issues moved more into the IBM compatible market, but the magazine always retained it's hobbyist bent, publishing articles on interfacing, robotics, and programming topics. It finally folded in 1990 when the publisher, David Thompson, got burnt out on being a single-person pub shop.
These issues are the black-and-white magazines, the meat of the single-board computer world in the early 80s.
@kelbot It won't be next month, but I'm sure we'll bump into one another during one of your visits to MicroCenter in your old hometown. I'll be in the little corner where they have the !rpi and !arduino devices.
@me I ended up ordering a !rpi 3B+, a !raspberrypi 0W, and a plain RasPi 0. None are for me, and I still want to send a couple of !arduino boards, so another order will follow soon.
It was built with no-lead solder. That may be good for the environment but it's terrible for build quality. It doesn't work, I need to take it into the shop and put it under the scope.