Things You Don't See Anymore Part 3

[FilterFunk]

Found it! The Realistic SCP-1B (again, not the actual one I owned):
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I remembered that it was boxier and sturdier than a portable top-loading cassette player. The baby is bare-bones! It doesn't even have a tape counter! But all I wanted was a way to play my cassettes on my stereo, and that's exactly what I got.

Don't let the red button fool you - it's a "Stop/Eject" button, not "Record."

On my quest to find the Realistic SCP-1B, I came across this wonderful resource:

Radio Shack Catalog Archive
An archive of RadioShack Catalogs (1939-2011)

If you remember and love Radio Shack, or if you're at all into vintage/retro audio components, parts and accessories, you'll love this site! I plan to spend a considerable amount of time perusing these catalogs.

 

[SubHuman]

On my quest to find the Realistic SCP-1B, I came across this wonderful resource:

Radio Shack Catalog Archive
An archive of RadioShack Catalogs (1939-2011)

If you remember and love Radio Shack, or if you're at all into vintage/retro audio components, parts and accessories, you'll love this site! I plan to spend a considerable amount of time perusing these catalogs.

Oh my! Those old catalogs are gold. I was an electronic hobbyist before I got my Engineering degree and probably resembled Young Sheldon drooling over the various components at the Shack.

I designed and built a lot of recording gear my band used early on such as noise gates, harmonic enhancers, compressor/limiters and even a vocal eliminator to learn songs off records so we could hear the instruments better. Dang I (almost) cried when they closed!

 

[ThudThudThud]

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You're right. One thing we just don't see anymore is comic book superheroes in films.
Such a rarity.

 

[GonePlaid]

On my quest to find the Realistic SCP-1B, I came across this wonderful resource:

Radio Shack Catalog Archive
An archive of RadioShack Catalogs (1939-2011)

If you remember and love Radio Shack, or if you're at all into vintage/retro audio components, parts and accessories, you'll love this site! I plan to spend a considerable amount of time perusing these catalogs.

Oy! You/I could spend eternity perusing those. 'The Shack' always had every imaginable adapter, connector, or veeblefetzer you could possibly ever want.

 

[Richland123]

VHS tape rewinders. Remember...be kind, rewind.

I have one of those here right now too. I sure do have a lot of obsolete things.

 

[FilterFunk]

On my quest to find the Realistic SCP-1B, I came across this wonderful resource:

Radio Shack Catalog Archive
An archive of RadioShack Catalogs (1939-2011)

If you remember and love Radio Shack, or if you're at all into vintage/retro audio components, parts and accessories, you'll love this site! I plan to spend a considerable amount of time perusing these catalogs.

Sorry, but I just have to show a couple of spoilers - from the 1982 catalog:

Video Disc Player!

MG-1 Synthesizer...by MOOG!!!

 

[SubHuman]

You're right. One thing we just don't see anymore is comic book superheroes in films.
Such a rarity.

Ha! I'm wrong sometimes but that's a 1966 Comic book announcing Batman coming to TV.

I'd say you don't see those Comic books anymore! If you do...Cha-Ching! $$$$

 

[Richland123]

 

[tubedude]

Oh my! Those old catalogs are gold. I was an electronic hobbyist before I got my Engineering degree and probably resembled Young Sheldon drooling over the various components at the Shack.

I designed and built a lot of recording gear my band used early on such as noise gates, harmonic enhancers, compressor/limiters and even a vocal eliminator to learn songs off records so we could hear the instruments better. Dang I (almost) cried when they closed!

I found they had been diluted down so far, selling radio controlled toys and cellphones, and with hardly any useable electronic parts, I was happy they closed. Now when Lafayette closed I mourned.

 

[GonePlaid]

I found they had been diluted down so far, selling radio controlled toys and cellphones, and with hardly any useable electronic parts, I was happy they closed. Now when Lafayette closed I mourned.

No Lafayette's near here. The nearest Shack had a repair department with some guys who knew wuttinnahell they were doing. Hated to see that one close.

 

[ThudThudThud]

Ha! I'm wrong sometimes but that's a 1966 Comic book announcing Batman coming to TV.

I'd say you don't see those Comic books anymore! If you do...Cha-Ching! $$$$

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I get you.
What I saw:

 

[SubHuman]

I get you.
What I saw:
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All in good fun!

 

[Richland123]

 

[SubHuman]

I found they had been diluted down so far, selling radio controlled toys and cellphones, and with hardly any useable electronic parts, I was happy they closed. Now when Lafayette closed I mourned.

I agree... like most places that lose their way trying to sell a bunch of junk they lost their hobbyist crowd.
When it shrank down to one small section of components, I knew it was over.

 

[SubHuman]

On my quest to find the Realistic SCP-1B, I came across this wonderful resource:

Radio Shack Catalog Archive
An archive of RadioShack Catalogs (1939-2011)

If you remember and love Radio Shack, or if you're at all into vintage/retro audio components, parts and accessories, you'll love this site! I plan to spend a considerable amount of time perusing these catalogs.

The cool thing about the original Radio Shack was (like Sears) they would re-brand Pioneer, Hitachi, Panasonic, etc. electronics and you could get some great deals. Ahhh the good old days!

 

[turf3]

I've got a Radio Shack analog multimeter that looks just like a Simpson. (I can't remember what brand name they used for test equipment.) I don't think it's made by Simpson, though. 40 years old, perfect condition. Sometimes digital won't cut it.

 

[FilterFunk]

I found they had been diluted down so far, selling radio controlled toys and cellphones, and with hardly any useable electronic parts, I was happy they closed. Now when Lafayette closed I mourned.

I agree... like most places that lose their way trying to sell a bunch of junk they lost their hobbyist crowd.
When it shrank down to one small section of components, I knew it was over.

Yeah...it's a real shame what Radio Shack let itself turn into...a glorified toy store. But it was great once, and that's the Radio Shack I miss.

 

[StereoPlayer]

I have one of these that I hook up to my stereo bass rig every so often.

 

[GonePlaid]

Yeah...it's a real shame what Radio Shack let itself turn into...a glorified toy store. But it was great once, and that's the Radio Shack I miss.

Yeah, you could go in, describe what it was you needed, and 'the guy' would go straight to the right drawer and hand it to you. I used their car(OK, van)stereos and speakers for years. Never any troubles. And I still have one of their 40 channel CBs from my 18 wheeling days. Still works but CB is pretty much dead.
And that's a RS 90 degree adapter on top of my Rumble bass amp.

 

[Richland123]

Yeah, you could go in, describe what it was you needed, and 'the guy' would go straight to the right drawer and hand it to you. I used their car(OK, van)stereos and speakers for years. Never any troubles. And I still have one of their 40 channel CBs from my 18 wheeling days. Still works but CB is pretty much dead.
And that's a RS 90 degree adapter on top of my Rumble bass amp.
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When the local Radio Shack Stores were closing here, I bought lots of cables, connectors, power supplies, and many other things. If somebody is looking for things, I might have them.