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Home Entertainment
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by PAL Staff
Fry's Electronics, Portage and El Camino Real in Palo Alto. Products: home entertainment systems, televisions, telephones, speakers, stereo, video cameras, portable music players, plus computers and parts. Call (650) 496-6000.
The Good Guy, 1731 East Bayshore Road in East Palo Alto. Products: home entertainment systems, televisions, telephones, speakers, stereo, video cameras, portable music players, etc. Brands: AIWA, Alpine, Altec Lansing, AT&T, Song, and more. Call (650) 330-2600.
Sound Perfection, 700 El Camino Real in Menlo Park. SP specializes in home audio, video, and theatre equipment. It features a large 5,000 sq. ft. showroom loaded with state of the art home entertainment equipment. SP also provides installation. They carry B&K, Harman-Citation, McIntosh, Marantz, Nakamichi, Sony, Terk, and other high-end brands. Call (650) 323-1000.
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Cellular Phone
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Compiled by PAL Staff
GTE Wireless, 1020 N. Rengstoff Ave, Suite D, in Mountain View near Hwy 101. Showroom and equipment services. Call (650) 966-1441.
Sprint PCS, 499 University Avenue in Palo Alto. Digital network. Call 1-800-480-4727.
Star Cellular of Palo Alto, 2001 El Camino Real in Palo Alto. Call (650) 323-2000.
Star Cellular of Menlo Park, 1800 El Camino Real in Menlo Park. Call (650) 330-0800.
Star Cellular of Mountain View, 1734 E. Camino Real in Mountain View. Call (650) 938-0300.
Totally Wireless, 475 University Avenue in Downtown Palo Alto. Call (650) 688-1890.
Wireless World - Los Altos, 4646 El Camino Real. Call (650) 941-3511.
Wireless World - Menlo Park, 871 El Camino Real. Call (650) 322-0222.
Wireless World - Mountain View, 813 El Camino Real. Call (650) 969-7200.
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Parts Stores
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Compiled by PAL Staff
Fry's Electronics, Portage and El Camino Real in Palo Alto. Products: memory chips, PC boards, assembly tools and equipment, test equipment, HAM radio equipment, GPS, plus computers and home entertain equipment. Call (650) 496-6000.
Radio Shack, San Antonio Shopping Center at Shower in Mountain View. Call (650) 941-2320.
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Lee de Forest
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by PAL Staff
Lee de Forest invented the audion in Palo Alto in 1906 at Channing Ave and Emerson Street. The audion is a vacuum tube that amplifies a weak electrical signal into a larger one. Forest's invention allowed AT&T to install phone services more efficiently across the country. It was also used in common home electronics such as radios and televisions.
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Bill Hewlett & David Packard
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by PAL Staff
Bill Hewlett and David Packard began to work in their garage on Addison Avenue in 1938 where they produced the audio oscillators for the Walt Disney film "Fantasia".
William Hewlett was born in Michigan but moved to San Francisco when he was three years old. He studied electronics at Stanford University. As a graduate student, he developed an oscillator which became the foundation of his partnership with David Packard. David Packard was born and raised in Colorado. As a young licenced amateur radio operator, he was interested in radio and electronic engineering and went to Stanford University. David Packard managed the company he and Hewlett formed while Hewlett went to the Army.
Hewlett-Packard is now one of the largest employers in Palo Alto with over 5,000 employees. It manufactures electronic test instruments and computer equipment.
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CD Handling
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by PAL Staff
Is it necessary to handle CD's with extreme care and only touch the edges? Visit HowStuffWorks.com's Question of the Day to find out. 
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How a Cell Phone Works?
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by Marshall Brain, How Stuff Works
Each day something like 30,000 people in the United States sign up for and start using a cellular phone. Therefore it is likely that you or
someone you know has a cell phone and uses it on a regular basis. They are such great gadgets - with a cell phone you can talk to anyone
on the planet from just about anywhere (80% of the U.S. has coverage). But have you ever wondered how a cell phone works? Visit HowStuffWorks.com to read on.
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