Subj : Re: Radio Shack Revival
To   : Kurt Weiske
From : Dave Drum
Date : Fri Sep 29 2023 05:14 am

-=> Kurt Weiske wrote to Danny Bee <=-

 DB> I remember one in Downtown Seattle about 20 years ago. Nothing special.
 DB> just a small shop with various electronics for consumers. phones,
 DB> speakers, cameras. random choice showing this is all and nothing. Lots
 DB> of small shoppes around that were more focused.

 KW>  I grew up in the late '70s and early '80s when Radio Shack was more
 KW>  about electronics hobbies. I had a "Battery of the Month" club,
 KW>  remember the excitement of being 11 or 12 and having a free
 KW> carbon-zinc D cell or 9v battery to make things with.   :)

When I was operating as Megabyte Computer Works I scored a nice counter
top display for "regular" (C-Zn) batteries.. The deals were *very* good
so I made a sign adverting the prices and a notation of "TOY NOT INCLUDED"

 KW> Over the years, the wall of electronic components gave way to cheap
 KW> electronic crap, and later to cell phones and accessories before they
 KW> closed.

Proving once again that you should dance with who brought you to the
party. Tandy's board couldn't make up their collective minds what they
wanted Rat Shaft to be - so it wasn't much of anything.


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