Subj : Re: Radio Shack Revival
To   : Kurt Weiske
From : Jimmy Anderson
Date : Sat Jan 20 2024 10:09 am

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

 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
 KW>  D cell or 9v battery to make things with.   :)

I had forgotten that!!!

 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.

Yeah - I used to pick up LED's to use in things. :-) I didn't do much
with breadboards but it was fun to look at that stuff!

I wasn't into HAM at the time, but would like to go back in time and
experience some of that as well.




.... I have a mind like a steel... uh... thingy.
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