Radio Shack was great before it turned into a glorified gadget store. You could find just about any kind of cord/cable/wire/plug/connector you needed.
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Things You Don't See Anymore Part 3
- Thread starter Richland123
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'zackly. Now I can't even find what I need on line.
And breadboards, and ICs, and good measurement equipment (I own a "Realistic" analog voltmeter, a Simpson knockoff, that you couldn't tell from a Simpson but for the nameplate). They used to have drawers of resistors and capacitors.
And the people who worked there knew their stuff.
I still have one(outta 2)Radio Shack 90 degree 1/4" jacks that IIRC cost ~$3 each. I got 2 more recently online that with shipping came close to $20. I've seen others, but the 'male' part wasn't long enuff(size does matter'zackly. Now I can't even find what I need on line.
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When 2 of the local Radio Shack Stores closed, I got lots of things and stored them. If anybody is looking for something, I might have it.
I might need a left-handed veeblefetzer for my Turbo Encabulator.
I might need a left-handed veeblefetzer for my Turbo Encabulator.
Let me check. It might be in the box next to the flamboozler.
In case anyone wondered, I use them in the input jack of my Rumble amp(s) and run my cable under the top mounted handle and into the adaptor. The ones that are shorter won't clear the cabinetry.I still have one(outta 2)Radio Shack 90 degree 1/4" jacks that IIRC cost ~$3 each. I got 2 more recently online that with shipping came close to $20. I've seen others, but the 'male' part wasn't long enuff(size does matter
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I still have my World Book Encyclopedia Cyclo Teacher I got when I was a kid.
I had forgotten about that! We too had one. My father had the World Book and Britanica sets for us, and I am sure this came along with the latter.
It seemed so high tech at the time! Compared to a transistor radio it was!
I still have one(outta 2)Radio Shack 90 degree 1/4" jacks that IIRC cost ~$3 each. I got 2 more recently online that with shipping came close to $20. I've seen others, but the 'male' part wasn't long enuff(size does matter
View attachment 5321988<Radio Shack version
Is the male part ever long enough?
Huh! Never heard of either one. Bookmarked
Albums on reel to reel tape
Top photo is a disk cartridge, (1 megabyte capacity). These were about 12 or more inches in diameter.
(My Apple Watch has 64,000 times more storage capacity than this disk).
Lower photo is a disk pack. (300 megabyte capacity).
One of my first jobs as an electronics technician was testing and troubleshooting very complex circuit boards. We used computerized test systems that had the test software stored on these two types of magnetic storage media.
The drive for the disk pack was almost as large as a residential clothes washing machine. You put the disk pack into the drive through a door on top that opened up like a washer, and then removed the transparent blue cover so the read/write heads could extend onto the disk surfaces.
(My Apple Watch has 64,000 times more storage capacity than this disk).
Lower photo is a disk pack. (300 megabyte capacity).
One of my first jobs as an electronics technician was testing and troubleshooting very complex circuit boards. We used computerized test systems that had the test software stored on these two types of magnetic storage media.
The drive for the disk pack was almost as large as a residential clothes washing machine. You put the disk pack into the drive through a door on top that opened up like a washer, and then removed the transparent blue cover so the read/write heads could extend onto the disk surfaces.
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