Don't forget Olson Electronics out of Ohio.  I had their catalog too
(as well as Allied & Lafayette...)

Lots of interesting reading out there regarding the company, its
history, and what went wrong.

The Fest's own Allan Loudell of WDEL Radio has a blog post about it as well..

Richard Cuff / Allentown, PA

On Wed, Feb 4, 2015 at 5:40 PM, Greg and Joan <[email protected]> wrote:
> My interests in amateur radio /  SWLing,   were fed by the old Allied and
> Radio Shack catalogs of the early-mid 60s.
>
> Even before Tandy took them over -- although in those days,  Allied and
> Lafayette were bigger players.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rob de Santos
> Sent: Feb 4, 2015 2:51 PM
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> Subject: [Swlfest] FW: Techies remember Radio Shack - Fortune
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> The lamented, and soon late, Radio Shack…
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> http://fortune.com/2015/02/03/techies-remember-radio-shack/
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> --
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> -Rob de Santos, K8RKD
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> Horizons (Trends in Technology) Columnist
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