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What do you choose? (lemmy.ca)
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[–] 30 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (3 children)

RadioShack.

I remember going as a kid, once. I was 5 I think. It was....unique. A shit ton of red I remember. And cheap cell phone cords. Wish I could've experienced it more. Especially during the 90s. But that's before my time.

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  • [–] 5 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    I remember going to RadioShack as a kid too and they had a Tandy computer setup. It was magical for 8 year old me. I think they even did repairs back then because that electrical soldering smell is seared in my memory.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago* (2 children)

    That sounds amazing. Always wanted a Tandy. Even if it's before my time.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago

    My family's fist computer was a Tandy 1000 around 92. I was so stoked to make video games on the fly like Clarissa Explains It All did.

    Little did I know game development takes a little more elbow grease than cutting and pasting pictures of your friends into an existing game format.

    I learned a lot about getting around in DOS because the desktop OS it shipped with was garbage, at least.

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  • [–] 5 points 3 years ago

    There is a single one-off store in my city (Copenhagen, Denmark) that is almost exactly like a mid 90s radioshack. Cheap cables, electronics projects, bargain bin full of random components, shoddy soldering irons, etc.

    Somehow it's still around. I'm deathly afraid that it'll close some day, so I try to shop there whenever possible.

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