[Coco] A little off topic

Thu May 18 09:13:27 EDT 2017

Sorry, if you look at either of these two webpages you'll see references 
to "Allied Radio Shack".

http://www.alliedcatalogs.com/

http://www.radioshackcatalogs.com/catalog_directory.html

Dave

On 5/18/2017 1:07 AM, Arthur Flexser wrote:
> 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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