From:	Steve Collins einan@*********.net
Subject:	Radio Shack (Was: Stuffer Shack)
Date:	Sat, 14 Oct 00 01:56:27 -0500

On 10/13/00 10:38 pm, Mark C Farrington said:

>When I asked about Radio Shack and it's ilk, I wasn't really asking about
>them as a source for computers and cyberdecks. I was looking more along the
>lines of a place to get electronic components and parts.
>
>Where do you go for switches and fiber optic components to build your not
>quite legal gadgets?
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>Alareth
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In all honesty it is probably still Radio Shack. The only reason that
most of the brand names in Sr have been changed to something similar (ie
Regal Burger = Burger King) is real world legal reasons. Even if the
parent corporation who owns Radio Shack (is it Tandy or are they just a
division of somebody larger too) goes under whoever buys the pieces will
keep the brand equity built up in the Radio Shack name and put the stores
under new management. Another place that would be likely for some of it
would be Home Depot since many of those items would become common inside
of homes in the 2060's.


Steve