[mkleesma]

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.

[Former Proud Canadian]

Great link.

[Dr. Sivana]

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.

[onyx]

B T T T ! ! ! ©

[Bob]

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.

[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...

[DocRock]

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

[Fresh Wind]

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

[VanDeKoik]

This is what makes the Internet cool!

[Mercat]

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

[raybbr]

Tech ping

[Eric in the Ozarks]

RS once sold a TV set “kit.”

[Yo-Yo]

I spent a lot of time in the mid 1970s looking through Radio Shack catalogs. Mostly stuff to build home stereo speakers, and CB radio gear.

I ended my catalog days just as the TRS-80 PCs started appearing.

[super7man]

Very cool...
In the 70’ I build a car alarm using 555 timers and a capacitive switch. All you had to do was touch the door handle and the thing would start it’s sequence.

Oh, and then there was the negative signwave sync supressed TV circuit.

[kinsman redeemer]

Thanks!
I have always been a TRS fan.

[FReepaholic]

...Back in the mid-seventies I used to pour over these catalogs, dreaming of all of the stuff I would buy, someday...

Same here. Radio Shack catalogs and Estes model rocket catalogs. Thanks for the link. Brought back a lot of memories.

[Labyrinthos]

To open the link, do you need to provide your address and telephone number?

[real saxophonist]

I still have a couple of police scanners from Radio Shack. All the local agencies have gone to digital systems, making those scanners pretty much useless. I don’t have $500 to spend on a digital scanner.

[WhirlwindAttack]

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