Stuff and Things.

[rubber_jonnie]

Wow, just found this in a drawer whilst looking for something else:

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It's got to be 40+ years old, bought from Tandy in Liverpool in my younger days :)

It even has inductor codes on the other side.

[mrbombermillzy]

I love stuff like this! :D

The late 70's early 80's were when Tandy was at its best. I've still got some old Radio Shack IC catalog from the mid eighties on the bookshelf:

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Now they're just a glorified gadget shop. :(

[rubber_jonnie]

I love stuff like this! :D

The late 70's early 80's were when Tandy was at its best. I've still got some old Radio Shack IC catalog from the mid eighties on the booshelf:

Now they're just a glorified gadget shop. :(

Ahh, Archer, that brings back some fond memories! I see Tandy still sells components online in the UK and Radio Shack is as you say, a glorified gadget shop now.

It was great, I loved going to Tandy, and it was located practically opposite a Beatties model shop, which was bursting with Tamiya stuff, and in the same shopping centre as a Maplin. Beatties now sadly gone and Maplin online only, a sign of the times.

I used to spend hours going between the 3 shops!!

[mrbombermillzy]

opposite a Beatties model shop, which was bursting with Tamiya stuff,

Heh. I remember going to Salisbury in my early teen years to buy one of the Tamiya R/C cars (IIRC Boomerang maybe?).

[rubber_jonnie]

opposite a Beatties model shop, which was bursting with Tamiya stuff,

Heh. I remember going to Salisbury in my early teen years to buy one of the Tamiya R/C cars (IIRC Boomerang maybe?).

I had a Lamborghini Cheetah followed by a Rough Rider, had soo much fun building and running those cars :)

[stephen_usher]

Wow, just found this in a drawer whilst looking for something else:

It's got to be 40+ years old, bought from Tandy in Liverpool in my younger days :)

It even has inductor codes on the other side.

That's SO useful. I can never work them out. :-)

[rubber_jonnie]

That's SO useful. I can never work them out. :-)

I know right!!

I can't believe how long I've had it for, and that it hasn't just disintegrated with age.

I'm sure it only cost me pence when I bought it, so the total cost of ownership has been exceptional!

[rubber_jonnie]

Final phase of shelving added yesterday 😁

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Now I can finally finish emptying my boxes 😁

[stephen_usher]

Very neat!

[Icky]

Nice! @rubber_jonnie - now out of all those books on the shelves, which I seem to have a few copies of them, it was the LightWave 3D one that stood out the most :) I too have that one and had great fun with LightWave over the years.