Mastodawn

Working thru a backlog of projects. This old turntable needed a new belt which arrived and installed no issues. I’m getting no audio. The cartridge coils test open. Safe to assume the cartridge is toast? I think I paid $5 for this years ago at a garage sale and only because it’s Realistic gear which I am overly fond of. #realistic #vintageaudio #radioshack #ElectronicsRepair

Sean 🤷‍♂️🤷‍♀️🤷5d ago

#retrocomputing serial stuff yesterday with a #tandy #radioshack 4p. We were fighting the serial boot loader bits. We finally got success when we hooked up a usb serial adapter and we think that we are getting some kind of weird flow control "for free" with the usb adapter on the linux side.

Yattix Jun 14

Are there any experts on the Tandy Radio Shack Model 100 who would like to connect? #tandy1000 #radioshack

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Leif Samuelsson Jun 13

@spacebug

I USA slutade jag handla på #RadioShack ganska snart efter jag flyttade dit i slutet av 80-talet, för de frågade alltid om telefonnummer. Och det var innan vi hade SMS. "No, thank you."

Synd, för de hade bra grejer.

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ℵ₀ 🏳️‍⚧️🏴‍☠️Jun 9

Definitely going to have to explore a bit more too - I would like to build some of my own #breadboard modules for use with this.

(I miss #RadioShack but at least I've got #digikey & #mouser - just wish they had a local #wholesale storefront lol. That would be a sight.)

Sean 🤷‍♂️🤷‍♀️🤷Jun 6

I just got a great ruler … or rather “print viewer”. Makes it much easier to *sift* data that came off a line printer when you didn’t have paper with alternating green and white bars. #trs80 #tandy #radioshack

The Community Edition Jun 5

PROTECTING THE RIGHT TO REPAIR

The first computer in my house was a Tandy 1000. It was made by RadioShack and it was the coolest thing I had ever seen. Sure, it was not much to look at with its light brown plastic case and monochrome screen. I am pretty sure my calculator from middle school has more processing power. The laptop I am typing on right now is basically a supercomputer when put up against that Tandy, but it […]

https://www.communityedition.ca/protecting-the-right-to-repair/

Petrus Hilarius May 25

Sometimes you find stuff inside other stuff. And it's cool stuff! 😄

Alas I cannot deal with yet another retro computing deep dive so I'll sell this one on Kleinanzeigen. 🤷

#trs80 #mc10 #tandy #RadioShack #retrocomputing

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R.L. Dane

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May 24

@bkuhn

Heh, I remember Service Merchandise, although it wasn't my favorite.
I think my favorite was BEST, but earlier, Toys'R'Us, because they always had an epic computer section. ;)
Also, I seem to recall the Dillards in Austin had cool toys and robots and stuff.

Also, who could forget #RadioShack. 😥

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Melody May 10

This was totally going to be a SilentSunday post, but this gets to have words attached.
After seeing that the last open store in this shopping center is closing in a couple weeks, I knew I had to finally go take a photo of this relic of the past before it was torn down.
While taking a couple shots, an older lady came walking up to me from the one open store, and started talking to me about the past, architecture, and photography. We spent 15 minutes just chatting, and she dropped the names of some of the local photography groups that I should check out.
Despite being closed for a decade, this store managed to make one last connection happen.
#photography #nostalgia #radioshack