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!

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!

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.