We all need to set aside our differences and support right to repair
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Back in the day, I did most of my own automotive work and repaired things like TV's. Things like tubes, capacitors, resistors were standardized enough so that consumers could keep things going for a reasonable cost if they were willing to put the effort in. Too much "black box" stuff these days. Congress is doing us dirt.
Yeah, this is why Radio Shack is dying. Back in the 80s we lived in Radio Shack. My dad was always making us help him fix something and he made us learn those stupid color codes for resisters etc.
All I did was check to see if they still had a web page. I haven't been in one in like a decade or more. They're dead enough that I wasn't sure. So I decided to play it safe in my wording. :)
Still have a meter I built from one of their kits. Remember the days when I would bring a bag of tubes to test at the "Tube Tester."
Kek. My dad build a TV from a kit he bought. By the time I was old enough to do anything real tubes were fading away, but I remember them. Somewhere around here I still have his card punch though.
Still have some Heathkits, all TTL though.
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That's not cool. I get you are doing the resistor codes, but there are better versions to share.
Fair point. That's just the one my dad taught me.
Edited to be less offensive.
Are there Radio Shack stores anywhere anymore?
They still have a web page but I couldn't find a store finder thingy. They did have a link to become an affiliate... shrug. They only one I knew of still around in Tucker GA is gone. At least I'm pretty sure its gone and has been for a long time.
Lucky you. The only Radio Shack near me closed about eight years ago. I spent many hours there with my husband and children. They loved the place.
There are no more stand-alone Radio Shack stores, but there are "authorized dealers", which is what you found. They still have a fairly extensive inventory on the radioshack.com website, which I'm glad to know about, because I dabble a little in electronics, and wasn't sure where to find stuff.
As a teenager, before I went to college, worked at an automobile service station. We did engine overhauls, body work, etc. Owner was successful. Today it's very different.