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Re: Radio Shack sales follies(was Re: TRS-80's)

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From: th... Thant Tessman
Date: Thu, 21 Dec 1989 17:01
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> From article <42...@ucselx.sdsu.edu>, by maxc...@ucselx.sdsu.edu
(physically phffft):

> > I quickly learned to love my TRS-80, but developed an extreme hatred
for Radio
> > Shack.  Their philosophy was that if you weren't a corporate buyer looking
> > to get several units, you weren't worth their time. 

I must be truthfull and say that with me it was the other way around.

I learned to program while I was in junior high by standing in front of the 
Trash-80 Model I at two different local Radio Shacks.  Maybe I just made
friends with them or something, but they were very nice and let me play 
all day on the things.  True, they didn't know didley about the machine
until one of the stores turned into a 'Computer Center'.

The machines (at least the Model I and II) were junk.  I eventually bought
an Atari 400.

thant
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From: th...@horus.esd.sgi.com (Thant Tessman)
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Subject: Re: Radio Shack sales follies(was Re: TRS-80's)
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Date: 21 Dec 89 17:01:21 GMT
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