[Coco] Another Radio Shack Article

[Louis Ciotti]

I think the big deal is that RS was a lot more places that the "better"
electronic geek type stores back then.  Heck in my town it was that only
place unless you drove 40 miles away.


On Sat, Jan 4, 2014 at 1:31 PM, Tim Fadden <t.fadden at cox.net> wrote:

> Whats the big deal about Radio Shack?
>
> I don't remember it being so hot "back in the day".  Other than the COCO I
> didn't buy much else from them. Most of their stuff was a bit on the junk
> side. Here in Phoenix there were several stores hands above them for
> electronics geeks albeit "geeks" were unheard of then :-).  Lafayette was
> one that came to mind. There were a couple more also, but I don't remember
> their names. There was even a computer store that had non Tandy software
> and accessories for the COCO in stock!
>
> The past always seems better than the present for some reason.  I guess
> nostalgia takes over our common sense. he he he
>
> IMNSHO
> Tim
>