One of our favorite electronic suppliers is gone and the other may be on their way out of business. I wonder why? Given the continued growth and popularity of electronic equipment and the emergence of ...
While most of us now remember Radio Shack as a store that tried to force us to buy batteries and cell phones whenever we went to buy a few transistors and other circuit components, for a time it was ...
A kit containing an electrical board constructed so that children may learn about radio science. Ten experiments are described in the enclosed booklet. Unit operates with one 1.5 V AA battery. Most ...
ON FEBRUARY 5th, the day the beleaguered chain of Radio Shack electronics stores filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, the mail brought your correspondent a $35 Raspberry Pi 2 credit-card-sized Linux ...
Buffalo (NY) journalist and historian Steve Cichon has an article on the Trending Buffalo website (“Everything from 1991 Radio Shack ad I now do with my phone“) featuring a full-page Radio Shack ad ...
In college, one of my pals bought an 80-watt Dynaco stereo control amp kit and painstakingly built it over four months. That fall, he pulled a 0.2 GPA – a lost semester that cost him, after figuring ...
brands onto the shelves. Put lots of “impulse” items at the checkout register. Add kiosks with electronic catalogs, so customers can go right to the video to see and print out information about parts ...
NEW YORK -- Struggling electronics retailer RadioShack has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and says it will sell up to 2,400 stores. General Wireless, a subsidiary of Standard General, ...
Earlier this year, I wrote Radio Shack: Still Relevant for Neighborhood Engineers? after hearing that the chain was closing some 1100 stores. Recently, news broke that the company may go bankrupt. Do ...