Subj : Re: Electronics Kits
To   : poindexter FORTRAN
From : Cozmo
Date : Mon Dec 15 2025 08:08 am

pF> -=> Cozmo wrote to Mortar <=-
pF>
pF>  Co> I had one of those when I was a kid. They were great kits and fun to
pF>  Co> play around with. I also uesed to love going through the Radio Shack
pF>  Co> Catalog and dream.
pF>
pF>  Co> https://radioshackcatalogs.com/index.htm
pF>
pF>  Co> Check out this site and I'm sure it will bring back some memories :)
pF>
pF> My grandmother was an apartment manager when I was growing up, and she'd
pF> usually send interesting things she found left in the apartments my way.
pF>
pF> Once, she found an interesting Radio Shack component stereo system
pF> (tuner and amplifier) with these tabletop speakers that looked like
pF> something out of a 70s Sci-Fi movie.
pF>
pF> https://realitycheckbbs.org/images/oldstereo.jpg
pF> Combine with a pair of Koss "Can" headphones and a cheap turntable, and
pF> that's how my love of music started.
pF> A local rock FM station would play albums late at night, commercial free
pF> and without breaks. Old Genesis, Pink Floyd and Rush, I remember
pF> listening to fondly - lights out, headphones on.

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

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