Re:The Raspberry Pi store is much cooler than an Apple Store
by abrugsch on Monday February 11, 2019 @10:30AM
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There used to be a random electronics junk and appliances shop in Fareham (I forget the name now, it was late 90's/early 00's) which took on a role as a radio shack disti. I don't know if the town had a tandy when they were around as the chain was deep sixed before I lived there. However the Tandy's I did know as a kid were just like radio shacks in the states - same Archer branded parts, same computers (ever wonder what TRS in TRS-80 stood for? I'm guessing Tandy Radio Shack.)
They had the classic radio shack logo as it became and had the catalog to order stuff from. unfortunately the shop closed down and a regular white goods appliance shop appeared in its place. it was a genuinely interesting place to go, they had baskets full of random cables and pieces of VCR's. it was a personal mecca for me for a while. I just wish I could have nabbed a few old computers they had before they went...
Re:The Raspberry Pi store is much cooler than an Apple Store
by targ2002 on Monday February 11, 2019 @03:48PM
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I remember this shop very fondly, I used to walk home from school, and pick up quite a few components for various electronics projects, but while I was away at uni it closed, I was very disappointed when I went back to my parents.
I can't remember what it was called. But I had a friend who worked there many years ago.
Re:The Raspberry Pi store is much cooler than an Apple Store
by abrugsch on Wednesday February 13, 2019 @09:21AM
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I FOUND IT!
It was called Techno Trade
street view was only good back to 2008 and it was already something else but a search on the address came up with: https://www.yelp.co.uk/biz/techno-trade-fareham
Re:The Raspberry Pi store is much cooler than an Apple Store
by laumars on Monday February 11, 2019 @10:45AM
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> ever wonder what TRS in TRS-80 stood for? I'm guessing Tandy Radio Shack
Good guess!
> The name is an abbreviation of Tandy/Radio Shack, Z-80 microprocessor.
Re:The Raspberry Pi store is much cooler than an Apple Store
by laumars on Monday February 11, 2019 @07:53AM
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It’s funny you mention Carphone Warehouse because just last week I thinking how that name has also become a relic of the past due to the miniaturisation of handsets. I mean I know Carphone Warehouse doesn’t sell actual car phones anymore but the name of it’s store does amuse me as a reminder of a bygone era.
Many of them became Carphone Warehouse circa 2000 [0]. By 2001 the brand had been killed off. My last memory of Tandy was buying a RadioShack 14in TV. It didn't disappoint: it came with the schematic.
But, I definitely remember seeing a shop with RadioShack written on it in Boston, Lincolnshire around 2004 – and that was a town that I don't think ever had a Tandy. I never checked it out as my component needs were satisfied by an independent electronics shop in Lincoln.
I'm speculating that, after Tandy went, independent distributors of RadioShack products sprung up. There does appear to be a shop in Lancashire using the RadioShack logo.[1] Though unless they've got incredible warehousing, they can't sell much RadioShack stuff any more.
[0] https://www.theregister.co.uk/2001/01/03/tandy_is_dead_long_...
[1] https://www.yell.com/biz/radio-shack-lytham-st-annes-2879625...