Cozmo wrote to Mortar <=-

I had one of those when I was a kid. They were great kits and fun to play around with. I also uesed to love going through the Radio Shack Catalog and dream.

https://radioshackcatalogs.com/index.htm

Check out this site and I'm sure it will bring back some memories :)

My grandmother was an apartment manager when I was growing up, and she'd usually send interesting things she found left in the apartments my way.

Once, she found an interesting Radio Shack component stereo system
(tuner and amplifier) with these tabletop speakers that looked like something out of a 70s Sci-Fi movie.

https://realitycheckbbs.org/images/oldstereo.jpg
Combine with a pair of Koss "Can" headphones and a cheap turntable, and that's how my love of music started.
A local rock FM station would play albums late at night, commercial free and without breaks. Old Genesis, Pink Floyd and Rush, I remember
listening to fondly - lights out, headphones on.

Wow! That is a crazy looking speaker! Radio Shack has some cool stuff.

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Re: Re: Electronics Kits
By: Cozmo to Mortar on Sun Dec 14 2025 09:27:00

Check out this site and I'm sure it will bring back some memories :) https://radioshackcatalogs.com/index.htm

Been there several times. Never knew RS had been around for so long.

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Re: Re: Electronics Kits
By: poindexter FORTRAN to Cozmo on Sun Dec 14 2025 10:29:21

...tabletop speakers that looked like something out of a 70s Sci-Fi movie.

I remember those. One of my cousins' had a pair. Single, mid-range driver setup. Not much "umph", but good enough for bedroom speakers.

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Re: Electronics Kits
By: phigan to Mortar on Sun Dec 14 2025 11:41:21

I actually have a couple big ones...

Now your just bragging. >:)

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Re: Re: Electronics Kits
By: Mortar to Cozmo on Mon Dec 15 2025 02:23 pm

Check out this site and I'm sure it will bring back some memories :)
https://radioshackcatalogs.com/index.htm

I can't do it, I'd spend hours in there.
Radio shack was a hangout of mine :) still have my 400 channel Radio Shack scanner.

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I still have both of my Radio Shack kits. 150 in One and 200 in One.
Used the heck out of both in the early 80s.

Oh Wow! that's pretty cool that you still have them.

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I actually have a couple big ones...

Now your just bragging. >:)

Size does matter. <G>

Daryl

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Cozmo wrote to Mortar <=-

https://radioshackcatalogs.com/index.htm

Check out this site and I'm sure it will bring back some memories :)

WOW!!! Had no idea this existed! Thank you!!!


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Re: Re: Electronics Kits
By: jimmylogan to Cozmo on Fri Dec 26 2025 05:08 pm

Cozmo wrote to Mortar <=-

https://radioshackcatalogs.com/index.htm

Check out this site and I'm sure it will bring back some memories :)

WOW!!! Had no idea this existed! Thank you!!!

real cool interface but i cant zoom in enough to read some things.

anyways, radioshack was the devil :D i used to go in there when they
were trying to get rid of those tandys and tell the people to not do
it.

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