[Coco] A little off topic

Thu May 18 02:07:39 EDT 2017

The second link you refer to seems to be missing.

Here's Wikipedia's history, which makes no mention of anything called
"Allied Radio Shack":

History[edit
<https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Allied_Electronics&action=edit&section=3>
]

Allied Electronics was founded in 1928 by Simon "Sy" Wexler[7]
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allied_Electronics#cite_note-Vintage-7> as
the radio parts distribution arm of Columbia Radio Corporation (founded in
1921 by Wexler).[8]
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allied_Electronics#cite_note-RadioMuseum-8>The
company distributed radio sets <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_set>,
tubes, capacitors <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capacitors>, amateur radio
equipment, citizens band radios, communications equipment, electronic kits
and consumer audio systems <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loud_Speaker> through
retail and mail order. In 1970, the Tandy Corporation
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tandy_Corporation>, Radio Shack’s
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RadioShack> parent company, purchased Allied
Radio, the consumer division, along with Allied Electronics, the industrial
division. Over the years, Allied Radio was folded into Radio Shack
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RadioShack> and Allied Electronics focused
on distribution of electrocomponents to electronics engineers
<https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Electronics_engineers&action=edit&redlink=1>.
After multiple owners between 1967 and 1993, Allied was purchased by
Electrocomponents <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrocomponents> in
1999. Today, Allied Electronics is the North American
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_American> distributor for
Electrocomponents <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrocomponents> selling
more than three million parts from about 300 suppliers to engineers
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Engineers> and purchasers
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manufacturing> around the world.[9]
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allied_Electronics#cite_note-History_of_Allied_Electronics-9>
Timeline[edit
<https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Allied_Electronics&action=edit&section=4>
]

*1928-29* Allied Radio was established as the radio parts distribution arm
of Columbia Radio Corporation. The company was one of the first to sell
electronics through a catalog.

*1941-45* Having survived the depression
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression>, the company focused on
the war effort <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II>, primarily
servicing government contracts and high-priority industrial orders. Allied
gained experience in the industrial arena for the first time through
government and military contracts.

*1946-60* The electronics industry exploded as new developments in
electronics were adopted on a widespread basis in commerce and industry.
Innovations such as television
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Television>, industrial
automation <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Industrial_automation>, space
technology <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Technology> and defense
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defense_technology> accelerated the need for
electronics <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronics>. Consumer demand
also grew as radio sets and components that were not available during the
war proliferated. During this era, Allied gained both the experience and
specialized staff necessary to handle both consumer and industrial sales.

*1967* Allied was acquired by LTV Ling Altec, which is defunct at present.

*1970* Allied was acquired by the Tandy Corporation and moved its
headquarters from Chicago, Illinois
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago,_Illinois> to Fort Worth, Texas
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Worth,_Texas>.

*1978* Spartan Manufacturing acquired Allied Electronics, but sold them in
1983 to Digitech <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digitech>.

*1981* Allied began the process of moving from an all-manual system to a
fully computerized company. The process was completed in 1985.

*1986* Hallmark purchased Allied but sold seven years later to Avnet
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avnet>, a competitor, in 1993.

*1999* Allied Electronics was acquired by Electrocomponents
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrocomponents> of the United Kingdom
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom>, who continues to own them
today.

*2007* Allied built a new and bigger facility in Fort Worth, Texas
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Worth,_Texas>, with a state-of-the-art
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State-of-the-art> warehouse logistics
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warehouse> management system.

*2013* Allied celebrated 85 years as an electronics distributor.[9]
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allied_Electronics#cite_note-History_of_Allied_Electronics-9>

On Thu, May 18, 2017 at 12:57 AM, Dave Philipsen <dave at davebiz.com> wrote:

> Haha!  I just found a reference to the old kits.  They were called "P-Box"
> which was short for "perforated box".  Here's a link to some references:
> http://my.core.com/~sparktron/pbox.html <http://my.core.com/%7Esparktr
> on/pbox.html>
>
> Also, this goes back to around 1970.  Does anyone remember when Tandy
> acquired Allied Radio and the original Radio Shack was called "Allied Radio
> Shack".  Here's a webpage about it.  If you scroll down a little way you'll
> see the Allied Radio Shack logo.  I think the P-Boxes I bought as a kid
> were made when it was still called "Allied Radio Shack".
>
> Dave
>
>
> On 5/17/2017 11:09 PM, William Mikrut wrote:
>
>> Wow... i forgot about those mini engineer books!!
>>
>> On May 17, 2017 10:47 PM, "Melanie and John Mark Mobley" <
>> johnmarkmelanie at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> I found another book...
>>>
>>> Radio Shack Engineer's Mini Notebook Basic Semiconductor Circuits
>>> By: Forrest M. Mims III
>>>
>>> Miniature RF Transmitter...
>>>
>>> See page 31 of this book...
>>> https://tinyurl.com/mo8uz6j
>>>
>>> This is a legitimate source for this document.
>>>
>>> John Mark Mobley
>>>
>>>
>>>
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