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A complete history of Radio Shack product catalogs - online
http://www.radioshackcatalogs.com/ ^ | today | me

Posted on 01/01/2015 4:17:15 AM PST by mkleesma

Found this site online, thought I'd share it with anyone interested - it has full, viewable scans of just about every Radio Shack catalog since 1939. Enjoy!


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KEYWORDS: catalogs; radio; shack
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Back in the mid-seventies I used to pour over these catalogs, dreaming of all of the stuff I would buy, someday... Funny thing is, most of the prices have dropped dramatically, especially for stereo equipment.
1 posted on 01/01/2015 4:17:15 AM PST by mkleesma
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To: mkleesma

Great link.


2 posted on 01/01/2015 4:23:47 AM PST by Former Proud Canadian (Gold and Silver are Real Money, Accept No Substitutes)
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To: mkleesma

I haven’t even looked at the catalog you have. I just remember drooling at the $329 cassette deck with Dolby and (I think) CrO2 switch from about ‘73 or so.


3 posted on 01/01/2015 4:24:20 AM PST by Dr. Sivana (There is no salvation in politics)
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B T T T ! ! ! ©

4 posted on 01/01/2015 4:26:58 AM PST by onyx (Please Support Free Republic - Donate Monthly! If you want on Sarah Palin's Ping List, Let Me know!)
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To: mkleesma

I used to love Radio Shack “back in the day”. That Radio Shack no longer exists.

I stopped by RS a few months ago, thinking that I’d pick up a replacement Android charging cable. Yeah, they had one — $20 for their fancy coiled version. I got a perfectly functional one at Dollar Tree for a buck.

A later attempt to get a mono to stereo 1/8” adapter had me wondering where they get such incompetent sales people. This guy had as much comprehension of what I needed as the rack he was standing next to.


5 posted on 01/01/2015 4:32:03 AM PST by Bob (Violence in islam? That's not a bug; it's a feature.)
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Last time I was in Radio Shack, I asked for a charger for my Samsung Galaxy. The sales clerk handed me this off brand charger, so I asked her if it was compatible with my phone. She assured me it was. Bought the charger and...you guessed it...it didn't work with my phone.

I should have known better. One of my friends loves Radio Shack. She used to gift me with radios, CO players and what not from RS. All of them died in about a year or so of purchase.

6 posted on 01/01/2015 4:38:38 AM PST by fatnotlazy
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I’m a ham radio op...Radio Shack was my Saturday hang out.neverything you needed to upgrade the station. I go in there now and it is really disappointing...just another phone store. The catalogs reminded me of a much treasured memory...but now only a memory. Thank you for posting.


7 posted on 01/01/2015 4:53:10 AM PST by ThePatriotsFlag ($$$$$ Don't Defund the Government...Defund Obama and his illegal policies $$$$$)
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To: Bob

Lol


8 posted on 01/01/2015 4:57:56 AM PST by nuconvert ( Khomeini promised change too // Hail, Chairman O)
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To: mkleesma

“Quadraphonic” - Ha Ha Ha! Forgot about that! My buddy had a ‘quad’ system, complete with the most ridiculous headphones you ever saw - 2 speakers on each side of his head.
At the time though, we thought it was absolutely the balls!

Had an 8-track too. Ah, the memories are flooding back...


9 posted on 01/01/2015 5:05:02 AM PST by mkleesma (`Call to me, and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know.')
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Great Superbowl commercial but wrong marketing strategy. Now RS is a second rate phone store with a bunch of radio controlled cars and quad copters. As a ham, I frequent my local RS and they never have what I need.

The 80's Called

10 posted on 01/01/2015 5:05:13 AM PST by DocRock (All they that TAKE the sword shall perish with the sword. Matthew 26:52 Gun grabbers beware.)
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What a great commercial! Never saw it before!
Too funny!


11 posted on 01/01/2015 5:11:18 AM PST by mkleesma (`Call to me, and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know.')
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Wow, great resource!

Actually the first Radio Shack store opened in 1921.

Another archive of old radio and electronics printed material, primarily related to broadcasting, is here:

http://www.americanradiohistory.com/index.htm


12 posted on 01/01/2015 5:18:47 AM PST by Fresh Wind (The last remnants of the Old Republic have been swept away)
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To: Bob

No wonder their stock price is currently at $0.37/share!


13 posted on 01/01/2015 5:45:17 AM PST by Jack Hydrazine (Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
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To: mkleesma

This is what makes the Internet cool!


14 posted on 01/01/2015 5:47:57 AM PST by VanDeKoik
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To: Jack Hydrazine

I’m a bit surprised that it’s even that high. What a waste that store has become.


15 posted on 01/01/2015 5:48:37 AM PST by Bob (Violence in islam? That's not a bug; it's a feature.)
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To: mkleesma

I just sent it to Mr. Mercat and our sons, nerds all.


16 posted on 01/01/2015 5:51:17 AM PST by Mercat
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Tech ping


17 posted on 01/01/2015 5:52:48 AM PST by raybbr (Obamacare needs a death panel.)
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To: Jack Hydrazine
Radio Shack will probably go out of business in the next few months. It will be the end of an era. But it was a good era.
18 posted on 01/01/2015 6:01:37 AM PST by beef (Who Killed Kennewick Man?)
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To: Dr. Sivana

Dolby and CrO2?

Just...wow...that’s a blast from the past that nearly knocked me off my chair! LOL!


19 posted on 01/01/2015 6:08:26 AM PST by left that other site (You shall know the Truth, and The Truth Shall Set You Free.)
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To: mkleesma

RS once sold a TV set “kit.”


20 posted on 01/01/2015 6:43:19 AM PST by Eric in the Ozarks (Rip it out by the roots.)
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