[sdiy] Radio Shack catalogs

[Scott Gravenhorst]

"David G. Dixon" <dixon at interchange.ubc.ca> wrote:
>> Radio Shack along with their branded products like "Realistic" were sold
>> in the UK as well from the 70's until around 2000 I think, by a chain
>> of stores
>> called "Tandy" . Most major towns had a branch. I used to buy all
>> sorts of
>> stuff from them.
>
>Yes, Radio Shack/Tandy "used to be" really cool.  It's just one more thing
>in a very long list (including Heathkit) that the "digital revolution"
>destroyed forever (along with synthesizers -- flames actively invited...)

It's not digital that is bad.  Digital is just an engineering technique.  There are
many wonderful digital things in the world, so "digital" should not be cursed as the
bane of Radioshack.  

However, for nearly every cellphone purchase, a base form of microcephalic consumerism
is rewarded.  This is what destroyed what we remember as "Radioshack".

-- ScottG
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