wow. You'll probably never see another one like this: VERY RARE HARD COVER 1978 RADIO SHACK CATALOG MINT - eBay (item 260701465706 end time Dec-08-10 07:11:13 PST)
Hard cover catalog? I never even saw another company that offered that before.
Except HP.
Hard cover catalog? I never even saw another company that offered that before.
Except HP.
It's interesting looking at the prices for that stuff - a lot of which wouldn't be regarded as very 'high-end' nowadays...or those days either.
Just to put things in perspective-a quick search got the info that the average monthly rent in 1978 was $260, average US annual salary was $10k.
So those crappy 8-tracks and transistor radio/cassette combos were half a month's rent, or half a week's income (before taxes).
Some things I don't miss!!
John
Just to put things in perspective-a quick search got the info that the average monthly rent in 1978 was $260, average US annual salary was $10k.
So those crappy 8-tracks and transistor radio/cassette combos were half a month's rent, or half a week's income (before taxes).
Some things I don't miss!!
John
The 99.95 one was mine. Wore my "Wheels of Fire" until the grooves were white.
You ain't kidding! Take a look at the 1988 catalog and see the price of a cell phone.
$1499! Yikes. Makes the new smart phones seem like a real bargain. Easier to carry, too.
From my year of birth - 1980 Radio Shack Catalog
Even though I'm not American, we had "Tandy" stores here in the UK, which were pretty similar. They sold a lot of "Realistic" branded stuff too, and the "Archer" components - 5 resistors in a little cardboard sleeve for about 5 times the cost
Of course, as a kid, i bought it because there was nowhere else at the time.
Even though I'm not American, we had "Tandy" stores here in the UK, which were pretty similar. They sold a lot of "Realistic" branded stuff too, and the "Archer" components - 5 resistors in a little cardboard sleeve for about 5 times the cost
Of course, as a kid, i bought it because there was nowhere else at the time.
From my year of birth - 1980 Radio Shack Catalog
... and the "Archer" components - 5 resistors in a little cardboard sleeve for about 5 times the cost
Exactly! I remember walking into King George Electronics in St-Hubert (or Beloeil?) and was floored! It was like, Radio Shack times three plus tons of stuff they didn't even have!
That place no longer sells this kind of stuff. Oh the memories...
My early pre-teen mono-block experience
~1959...
John L.
What's this? Thou shalt not plug the Digital Music source into the Vacuum-induced heating electron-emitting device amplifier... Mono Garrard turntable only. Or AM or FM tuner. No multiplex allowed.
wow. 34$ in 1959. That's almost ten times as much today. And harder to come by in those days!
.......and for the true nostalgia "freak", where price is no object-----
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