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Radio Shack did a pilot of TechAmerica supoer stores. They opened
one in Denver and one in Atlanta and they were basically a large
parts counter, books, home security/automation, DJ/Pro Audio,
consumer electronics, computer parts, etc. They even kept stock on
all those strange little Holtek chips. All around great geek store,
if a little pricey. They occassionally had good sales on items, I
got my oscope, heat gun, and Weller soldering station from them.
Seems to me they were trying to do a bland version of Fry's,
which if you're ever on the left coast you must visit.

They also had an online store. I think they've since renamed
the stores "Radio Shack.com" but they left the online store
TechAmerica. It's a shame they didn't expand to the rest of the
US. Everyone deserves to live in a place where you can buy heat
shrink tubing, resisters and a Bob Pease book at 9:00 pm on a
Saturday night.

Tomy