[Coco] A little off topic

Thu May 18 10:53:12 EDT 2017

So funny, I recall that when I was in the 7th and 8th grade, crystal radios were trending among students, sort of like Fidget Spinners of the 70s. There was one guy who liked to sit at the back of the classroom. We wondered why until we found out that he was connecting his crystal radio antenna to ground through an exposed pipe that was there. Salvador

      From: William Mikrut <wmikrut72 at gmail.com>
 To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com> 
 Sent: Thursday, May 18, 2017 8:57 AM
 Subject: Re: [Coco] A little off topic

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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