Back in the time period this story is about there was a Micro Center in Santa Clara, off of Great America Parkway & 101 on the left in the shop center that now has the movies and In-and-Out. I lived near there (almost in the middle between the Micro Center and the Sunnyvale Frys). At the time the Frys was much cooler, with more kit and better prices. You could get anything at Frys at the time. CPU, RAM, latest SciFi book, tee shirts, heck I remember getting cereal and milk at Frys once.

There used to be one near the Mercado 20 off 101, but that got closed years ago when their rent got too high.

Central Computer is also pretty good, but the one in Sunnyvale burned down. I hope they rebuild it.

They won't be rebuilding the old location on El Camino, but instead are opening a new location near 101 and Lawrence:

https://www.centralcomputer.com/sunnyvale-store

Right next to St. John's!

...near where the old Fry's was, and down the road from the current Fry's. (Which is dying.)

There's a slightly closer one down in Tustin, CA.

That used to be Fry’s.

No, that was MicroCenter, in the West end of Mercado. There has never been a Santa Clara Fry's Electronics. All 3 Sunnyvale locations were around Lawrence (Lakeside, Kern, now Arques).