1978 Radio Shack catalog

gain-wire · 7th December 2010, 02:09 AM

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.

MJL21193 · 7th December 2010, 02:24 AM

THIS ONE is cheaper.

gain-wire · 7th December 2010, 02:28 AM

Ohh, wicked! They have that on their website?!

That's the year I was born! And the year of Texxas JAM...

MJL21193 · 7th December 2010, 02:33 AM

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Originally Posted by gain-wire

That's the year I was born!

I have a few years on you.
Dig the peace sign.

Pano · 7th December 2010, 02:43 AM

What a strange co-inky-dink. I was looking at that website last night. Funny stuff.

BTW, that $870 for the 1978 "Dream System" would be about $2800 today. That would buy you a rather nice 55" LED 3D TV (if you like that sort of thing)

benb · 7th December 2010, 03:12 AM

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Originally Posted by gain-wire

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.

I have a Tektronix hardback catalog, I think from the 1970's.

VictoriaGuy · 7th December 2010, 03:22 AM

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

scott wurcer · 7th December 2010, 03:26 AM

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Originally Posted by MJL21193

THIS ONE is cheaper.

The 99.95 one was mine. Wore my "Wheels of Fire" until the grooves were white.

Pano · 7th December 2010, 03:27 AM

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Originally Posted by VictoriaGuy

Some things I don't miss!!

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.

jaycee · 7th December 2010, 02:48 PM

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.

7th December 2010, 02:09 AM	#1
gain-wire diyAudio Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: NCR	1978 Radio Shack catalog 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. __________________ Trans-directional-servo-logamp non-zerocrossing autogain compressing thingamajig

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gain-wire diyAudio Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: NCR	Ohh, wicked! They have that on their website?! That's the year I was born! And the year of Texxas JAM... __________________ Trans-directional-servo-logamp non-zerocrossing autogain compressing thingamajig

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Pano diyAudio Moderator Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: North Carolina Blog Entries: 4	What a strange co-inky-dink. I was looking at that website last night. Funny stuff. BTW, that $870 for the 1978 "Dream System" would be about $2800 today. That would buy you a rather nice 55" LED 3D TV (if you like that sort of thing) __________________ Take the Speaker Voltage Test!

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VictoriaGuy diyAudio Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Victoria, BC	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

7th December 2010, 02:48 PM	#10
jaycee diyAudio Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Norwich, UK	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.

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