So Radio Shack has filed for bankruptcy protection.
See http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/breaking/chi-radioshack-sprint-shops-bankruptcy-20150206-story.html .
This had been on the cards for some time, but the USA's famous radio store has been in trouble for some while. It was formed firstly in 1921. Radio Shack filed for bankruptcy protection last Thursday.
During the early 1980s, I used to go to Radio Shack after school to swap computer programs with other kids from different schools. We used the cassette tape decks that were on display to copy write protected programs. I also enjoyed having meaningful in store therapy with ELIZA. If I had a TRS-80 today, I wonder what I would use it for? I stopped shopping at Radio Shack when they started to charge money for their catalog. However I did buy my first cell phone there.
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