[Coco] A little off topic

Thu May 18 09:57:27 EDT 2017

The two things that got me started in electronics was the Crystal Radio kit
from Radio Shack.

I was so fascinated by that the next thing I got was the 50 in one kit.   I
must have wired every project 10 times over.

On May 18, 2017 8:13 AM, "Dave Philipsen" <dave at davebiz.com> wrote:

> 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_Electroni
>> cs&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_engi
>> neers&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_Electroni
>> cs&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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