Comments on: The only bad thing about Houston…

By: mrbill

mrbill — Wed, 05 Jul 2006 02:15:08 +0000

I spend waaaay too much money at EPO nowdays.

Wow, I just realized that this post was made almost a year ago.

By: Epi

Epi — Wed, 05 Jul 2006 02:08:38 +0000

All you guys and gals are always welcome to epo where we will do our best to find what you are looking for. thanks
epi at epo

By: JP

JP — Mon, 26 Jun 2006 19:56:19 +0000

Hey AVGuys, the EPO in Clear Lake is still open, they just moved accross the street into their own building.

By: JP

JP — Mon, 26 Jun 2006 19:54:42 +0000

Have you tried ACE electronics on Antoine. I’ve been going there since ‘87.
They are a true electronics store, isle 1 resistors, isle 2 transistors, etc.
They also carry lots of old suplus stuff.

By: mrbill

mrbill — Thu, 20 Apr 2006 17:41:42 +0000

Haven:

I’m not talking about new-parts stores (I go to Directron for that), but places that sell old/obsolete/non-PC hardware.

By: Haven77045

Haven77045 — Thu, 20 Apr 2006 17:33:43 +0000

You guys are so lame. There are tons computer electrnic parts stores in Houston you got Computer Systems Engineering 713 521-3115, P.C.R. 281 872-0202, F & P Computers 281 351-4164, Electronic Computer Outlet Services 281 388-2835 that is just to name a few RPC Global,HTS sorry the list goes on and on.

By: AVGuys

AVGuys — Sun, 05 Mar 2006 15:29:33 +0000

Ace Electronics on Antoine (www.ace4parts.com) is what EPO USED to be before they moved into the new building and expanded to Clear Lake. BTW Clear Lake store has been closed for years. Ace still has lots of salvage stuff and is a ham guys best friend.

By: mrbill

mrbill — Sun, 29 Jan 2006 06:46:01 +0000

Since I first made this post back in July, I’m now a regular visitor to EPO on Fondren (since I live fairly close to it). I’d say its variety of selection and cluefulness of staff beats out anything I had access to in Austin (combines the best of Goodwill Computerworks, Austin Amateur Radio, and Altex in one shop).

By: virto

virto — Sun, 29 Jan 2006 06:39:54 +0000

Houston lacks a lot of things compared to other cities.. like much of anything to do that doesn’t involve getting drunk.. more than two electronics stores that don’t focus on cell phone and ghetto jungle-drum speakers.. more than a handful of decent bookstores…could it be that what Houston has very few of, percentage-wise, is educated and sophisticated people? Anybody can educate themselves, but if you don’t value knowing and understanding, and the people around you don’t either, you’ll probably settle for alcoholism and the associated lack of personal defvelopment beyond the level of a 14 year old.

Oh, but if you do want to dig for the few electronics stores, there’s the EPO the other guy mentioned on Fondren, and there’s also one in Clear Lake. That’s one decent electronics store per 2-3 million people. Pretty sad.

By: Fernanda

Fernanda — Thu, 20 Oct 2005 03:27:59 +0000

I WAS RAISED IN HOUSTON TEXAS AND ACTUALLY BORN IN HOUSTON TEXAS AND IF YALL HAVE A PROBLEM W/ HOUTON TEXAS TALK TO ME ABOUT IT