The story of RadioShack - 96 Years
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There is still one in the town I work in. It's the only place within a hundred miles on can buy any electronics or appliances.
They still have an online presence (radioshack.com), although that's not the same as darting down the road and picking up the cable you need right then and there. Found out when I was looking for a reasonably priced HDMI to composite converter for my TV.
As a young man we used to build electronic things using resistors, capacitors, thermistors and vacuum tubes that we assembled them into aluminum chassys. RADIO SHACK and ALLIED RADIO were the go to places. Sorry to see them dissapper. Ed
They are all "The Source" here now and owned by Circuit City.
Radio Snack sold reject components with wildly broad specs, and mostly sub-par hifi systems by way of easy credit. Having 2 real electronics places local I could buy from, I rarely used them, and don't miss them.
There is one about an hour from me. Tucked into a corner of a small hardware store.
Up here, The Source, it's replacement, still has a bit of electronics supplies when such are needed. That's where I got my last grounding block. This city used to have a place called Radio Supply, long closed, which was like the Radio Shack parts section on steroids. As an aside, the building in Regina that used to house the Tandy Radio Shack Computer Centre was demolished a few weeks ago.
They had a Radio Shack clearance center near us and my dad would always take me there on a Saturday afternoon when I was a kid. We bought our first Tandy there... Later on when I got into electronics we used to go there for components for various projects we were working on and for repairing things like TV's, Radios, VCR's etc.
We never had a clearance centre, at least to my recollection. We got a TRS-80 Model 4 from their computer centre. I'd buy the odd bit of software from their regular stores, along with printer consumables and sometimes a peripheral. Some things were only available at the computer centre. I mentioned the grounding block from the Source. I got a crimper and some ends a number of years ago when I had to fix some home telephone wiring messes. My dad seemed to have an alligator clip fetish that originated when the phone companies would never "technically" allow you to do any of your wiring, and that fetish never disappeared when modular plugs started to appear and hit the consumer market.
Garak, I'm surprised you had a Radio Shack at all in Saskatchewan with the population.
J/K
.... And of course we had a clearance center in Ontario. We are the center of the universe didn't you know?
.... And of course we had a clearance center in Ontario. We are the center of the universe didn't you know?
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Originally Posted by Eddie
As a young man we used to build electronic things using resistors, capacitors, thermistors and vacuum tubes that we assembled them into aluminum chassys. RADIO SHACK and ALLIED RADIO were the go to places. Sorry to see them dissapper. Ed
+1. Allied Radio had the quality stuff. Radio Shack and Lafayette Radio had the junkier stuff.
As a young man we used to build electronic things using resistors, capacitors, thermistors and vacuum tubes that we assembled them into aluminum chassys. RADIO SHACK and ALLIED RADIO were the go to places. Sorry to see them dissapper. Ed
+1. Allied Radio had the quality stuff. Radio Shack and Lafayette Radio had the junkier stuff.
We'd use to say that first quality goods went to the military, 2nd quality went to industry, 3rd quality went to consumers and the rest went to Radio Shack.
You've got questions, we've got more questions, your name, address, phone number....
You've got questions, we've got more questions, your name, address, phone number....
Originally Posted by Wolf359
You've got questions, we've got more questions, your name, address, phone number....
Yeah like when you want to just buy batteries....
You've got questions, we've got more questions, your name, address, phone number....
Yeah like when you want to just buy batteries....
Radio Shack/Tandy Corp. is still a sore subject for Fort Worth, Texas natives. My aunt & uncle worked for Tandy most of their working lives.
At least Tarrant County College is making good use of the former Radio Shack world headquarters.
At least Tarrant County College is making good use of the former Radio Shack world headquarters.
Originally Posted by clinebarger
Radio Shack/Tandy Corp. is still a sore subject for Fort Worth, Texas natives.
What happened? I want to hear all the juicy bits!
I drive by the huge Tandy leather store all the time.
Does anyone remember "Free Battery of the month" cards?
Radio Shack/Tandy Corp. is still a sore subject for Fort Worth, Texas natives.
What happened? I want to hear all the juicy bits!
I drive by the huge Tandy leather store all the time.
Does anyone remember "Free Battery of the month" cards?
We still have TWO Radio Shacks left, one in Eaton, OH that is in the smallest mall I've ever seen, and one tucked in the corner of a drugstore in West Union, OH. I have a local guy that has been selling electronic parts forever nearby, St. Clair Electronics in St. Bernard (Cincinnati), how he's lasted all the years is a miracle!
Good riddance
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