The reason the cops liked those five D-cell flashlights is because they were
the perfect size and shape to bang heads with in the dark without losing your
grip. (And the grey ABS plastic didn't leave a mark like the MagLite®)

I learned computers thanks to Robin. The store manager at the local RS at
the mall. She let me come in every day after school and do whatever I
wanted on a model 3 or model 4 computer. I probably sold more computers for
her than the people she had working there. No wonder she gave me free 5
1/4's all the time!

I revisited the model 4 a few years back. Someone tossed one at a hamfest
and I took it home. Most of the software was locked into the 198X years.
They knew from the beginning that you had to sell new software all the time.
Unfortunately it died some weeks later.



"M. Kassay" wrote in message
...
Hi,
Im looking for any old Radio Shack Science fair kits...

Im also looking for one of those old Radio Shack floor Battery
ashtray/garbage cans that they use to sell back in '78

if you have anything that might interest me, pls send me an
Email.
--
73 Mike

(PooPooPanz) wrote in
:

The reason the cops liked those five D-cell flashlights is because
they were the perfect size and shape to bang heads with in the dark
without losing your grip. (And the grey ABS plastic didn't leave a
mark like the MagLite®)

Now any cop worth a donut knows that ya don't hit em on the head, it ruins
the light. You hit them in the collarbone

john

Ronny Julian wrote:

I revisited the model 4 a few years back. Someone tossed one at a hamfest
and I took it home. Most of the software was locked into the 198X years.
They knew from the beginning that you had to sell new software all the time.
Unfortunately it died some weeks later.

So fix it. 90% of the problems on those things have to do with bad capacitors
and connectors, and they are very easy to work on. Not a lot of actual
interconnects either. Shotgunning electrolytics may well fix it right up.
--scott

--
"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."

I'm seeing quite a few of the old Radio Shack electronic kits at flea
markets and swap meets this year and, surprisingly, going very cheap.

"M. Kassay" wrote in message
...
Hi,
Im looking for any old Radio Shack Science fair kits...

The local Radio Shack "Computer Center" dedicated store back in the mid 80s
was nothing like this. The staff was snotty and arrogant. They didn't assist
with making a purchase... you either bought quickly and expensively or out
you went. Since they were the only game in town and had most TRS-80 items in
stock unlike the regular stores, you just had to live with it.

"Ronny Julian" wrote in message
...
I learned computers thanks to Robin. The store manager at the local RS at
the mall. She let me come in every day after school and do whatever I
wanted on a model 3 or model 4 computer.