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Thank you for sharing your knowledge! Found it interesting

Good video thanks

hi, I don't feel concerned at all. I buy records/CDs for music not for collecting. Bye

Wrong! Side 2 begins with "If" by Roger Waters. "Fat Old Sun" is the third song on Side 2, written by David Gilmour. You mentioned "Fat Old Sun" twice as the first and the third tracks. Ooops! 🤣

Thank you for posting the video... took me back to my beloved 120D. Where has the time gone?

Hi thanks for your demo, I built this flanger recently but find it too noisy specialy when incresing the time knob. Does your unit has same behaviour ? Many thanks

Nice video!

I remember Tandy opening a shop in Harlow, but I don't remember when it closed. Before them, there was a small independent component shop in the town who had a good stock of components for the projects in the electronics mags, this was the early 70s. In the 80s, about 5 miles away, there was Cirkit components who filled the void and then Maplin, but i found it cheaper to buy from Cricklewood electronics mail order than them for large orders. I still use Cricklewood now for parts.

When tandy started making computers they were years beyond the competition. Their deskmate software at the time was the first software that made computers user friendly. The could have been bigger than apple today if it wasn't for RadioShack's in your face rejected hard sales tactics and pushing only product that sold easily in abundance they were sell outs and dug a deep grave without ever attempting to climb out🤗

There's a lot of stuff online about when they went out of business, but for me, around 2000 they were clearly suffering. Stores had been disappearing for a long time. I went into one near my childhood home that was closing and the floor was lined with 1 cuft moving boxes. I was dug a handful of things from the box and asked the manager how much. He gave a price of a couple of bucks or for $5 I could take the whole box. I took the box. I repeated something similar at a couple of other stores in the years after. I've been using and giving away stuff for years, and I still have loads of RS parts scattered throughout boxes in our storage rooms. Someday I have to make a video on all the RS stuff I still have, but it will take a gigantic effort to find it and pull it all together.

Interesting seeing the quality of these items from WISH.. Generally, it all seems good value for money . I have also noticed quite a lot of price fluctuation on some hardware and the more popular integrated circuits . I can't say I know anyone with any electronic equipment that would require a 30 amp fuse either 😅💥. Maybe I have a too sheltered life .

Don't use the fuses, they are probably fake and will destroy your equipment or burn your house down if they don't blow. ruclips.net/video/apQU_VuJlFU/видео.html Safety equipment from China is a terrible idea.

40Vdc per each PCB, and all lamps run in series? Interesting why Technics would do that. It could be fun to make a parallel LED modification to it. And LED's in this circuit should never induce a hum on the audio circuits, if a hum occurs then 1) Technics really dropped the ball on the engineering of the amp or 2) the person installing the LED's mistakenly did something to induce it.

Love these sort of haul videos! Really interesting what you can get from Wish, as I've only ever bought from AliExpress. Have you made any videos about your synth? I'm thinking about starting a LMNC synth, it's just finding the time hahaha

They look awesome but I can get a 50 W Plexi point to point wired for 700 bucks finished so I think I'll keep the amp kits for some other day. But definetly getting started on kit guitars.

Curver air woman sounds like a primary school headmistress from the 1970s😂

I have bought this amp used for my daughter looked great but the overdrive channel is not working what can I do

Where I live in Texas, there were a bunch of Radio Shack stores all around town. I've purchased everything from reel-to-reel tapes, SM58 microphone clones, a police scanner radio, battery operated condenser mics, a bulk tape eraser, tape head demagnetizer, speakers of various sizes, etc. Plus, the occasional electronic components, jack sockets, XLR plugs, cable, wires, etc. I think my first VCR was one of their brands. I think their demise started when they started selling a lot of different cell phones, which occupied a lot of their floor space.

I was a frequebt visitor to Tandy, there was a radio and tv repair shop in Didcot where i lived (John E Lay) that had a Tandy section on one side, they just had a small selection of components, anything more and i had to travel to the Tandy store in Oxford My parents bought me a Radioshack stereo Radio alarm clock in the early 70's, it still wakes me up every day btw, it looks like Radioshack are still around, different logo, but i got the link from the Tandy wiki

There's nothing like Tandy/Radio Shack here in Au at all anymore.

This takes me well back to the 80s, Matt. I remember the Exeter store on Paris St next to The Left Bank record shop. From memory, I had a Realistic telephone extension speaker and a wall mounting condenser microphone.

Tandy in Bournemouth was my local store. As a teenager, the majority of my paper round money was spent in there! I still miss Tandy and Maplin, as local stores.

It was longer than 15 years ago they shut down! They were acquired by carphone warehouse in 1999 and all of the stores had gone by around 2001. I loved Tandy it was my favourite shop as a kid.

I owe everything to Tandy. My local one became a haven for my interests in computers and electronics. The manager and staff would let me play on the computers for hours and ask endless questions about them and electronics. I had numerous kits and eventually bought several TRS-80 computers, they were so well documented - some of the best I've ever seen. I learned so much, from electronics to programming, I went on to college and uni and had a great career in computer science and engineering jobs. When I heard Tandy was gone - around 2000 I think it was, I was heartbroken. I heard about this new UK Tandy Online about a year ago, I don't think it's just old stock they seem to have new stuff and I hope they attract lots of hobbyists - it deserves to continue.

Have a look at cpc.

I remember my local Tandy store with item marked with RS think this stood for Radio Shack but it didn't the RS logo was in fact Radiospares as I later found out by matching the code number on the bag with the Radiospares(RS) catalogue as I had just start work for an electronic company (1984/5).

Tandy was a strange and wondrous place, and by the 1990s they were cheap and cheerful, though they tended to be very cheap and not very good; or very cheap and absolutely amazing they really managed just OK. My local Tandy at that time would let me borrow items for a couple of days to really test them out before buying which was great and why at the time I was using the Tandy 100w stereo power amp for small venue PA, I still have and use that amp now, though the volume pots need replacing.

I met the guy who bought the Tandy name in the UK when I was writing for Practical Electronics. He told me the story, its a bit complex with "Tandy" being sold to several companies under different uses. I liked you comment about "awaiting the new Tanday catalogue" - so did i!

Only a few weeks ago I was speaking to a friend about this. I personally owe my success to the local electronics outlets which were around when I was growing up here in Weymouth (Dorset). This helped me gain a hobby, which turned into a career where I was able to complete an apprenticeship with SSE. We had a Tandy (which also did repairs), and also a CB shop and the fantastic thing about this was meeting other hobbyists and making friends. We know what happened with Maplin - they went very 'consumerist' and their market changed more to the end user rather than the electronics hobbyist/engineer. Tandy seemed to die off when franchise owners retired with no one to take over. This was also partly due to lack of interest where electronics became less appealing to hobbyists especially where manufacturing progressed, surface mount and the dreaded RoHS 'lead-free' solder making it impossible for the hobbyist to work with so people simply gave up all interest. (Plot twist: Lead-based solder is now becoming more available despite restrictions, I will elaborate on that another time). Even though I am lucky enough to be semi-retired at the age of 50, I have been toying with the idea of getting a non-profit community interest company (CIC) and opening up an electronics outlet here in Weymouth, complete with electronics repair shop where people can simply donate for simple repairs carried out. It just needs the right people to be willing, a mix of volunteers and maybe enough in the money pot for a couple of paid staff. How nice it would be to have the exact same facility in which we can pass on our knowledge to the next generation of hobbyists and engineers, and even offer training and apprenticeships. Example, only today I had a friend contact me who was struggling to find a replacement 12v power relay for a charger panel on a motorhome. Showed me a photo of the relay and I was able to find a perfect match for him. None of this 'throw the whole module away and buy another one' nonsense which the manufacturer advised him. Thats tacit knowledge right there on my part. Imagine an electronics outlet where you could walk in and speak to an engineer who would be able to advise on anything like this. Of course even better if the part was already on the shelf! One part of me wants to completely retire, because the way things have gone with the dumbing down of the tik-tok generation, but the other part of me is saying no, the next generation needs opportunities, we cannot let big corporations rob them of such opportunities just so they can make a profit. Yes. Lets do this! Richard Talmage, LCGI, EngTech, TMIET Electrical & Electronic Engineer.

Remember the famous sleeper Realistic products only for those in the know? E.g. the Linaeum tweeter speakers, the hi-ball mic secretly a rebranded Shure etc. ❤

When you mentioned Caterpillar Records in Exeter I had no choice but to subscribe.

I'm here because of John Shuttleworth.

Maplins was more than just a mail order company, we used to have a physical store in Manchester but we have RS Components too which is super handy.

Great video - this takes me back a long way indeed! Well done on this! Mark.

Got a Science Fair 200 in 1 electronics kit for £10 today, actually. Has some interesting projects in the booklet as well

One of my synths was sold in Tandy stores- I remember seeing it as a kid, but couldn’t afford it then.

Pamela Stephenson, not Miranda Richardson.

We had Tandy in France as well, it was one of my favourite shops to hang out in in the late 80s, early 90s. I remember they were the place to go to get replacement needles for your turntable. Sadly the current online shop doesn't seem to stock those. I remember old Tandy catalogues and how expensive early computers were at the time. I'm pretty sure the ones I had kept have all long been chucked out though but it's good to know the brand is coming back.

I bought some PSUs from Tandy via ebay a couple of years ago, and was pleasantly surprised they were based in my home town of Oxford. I remember spending a lot of money and time in their shop on the Plain.

Live Aid was an op... not for the nobble cause stated. Thanks, great we can actually hear and somewhat make out what Phil and others said.

I saw a recent video about the history of Texas instruments. Irc they mentioned the name realistic as being the company that they contracted to produce the first transistor radios. This was intended to promote a market for their newly produced production transistors at the dawn of transistor technology. I am not sure whether they were part of radio shack back then

Wow! I remember that series of books, the vero boards, the lamp holders that as a kid inspired me (along with usborne books). That has certainly brightened my weekend.

The amount of Realistic gear I still have and use in my home is sad. Genexxa was another later brand of Tandy’s. The Genexxa ten band stereo graphic equalizer from the early ‘90s is still my favourite hifi graphic ever to this day 👍

I was on a family trip last summer here in Washington State and saw a "Radio Shack" sign. I squeal the tyres pulling in to check it out. I spoke to the woman running it and it was indeed a Radio Shack shop that just never closed. They bought up truck loads of Tandy/Radio Shack branded items and the shop is still stocked with all the things you'd expect. It's amazing.

Crikey that name brings back memories most cities had a Tandy store.

Very interesting Matthew.. Who'd have thought after all these years there was still a Tandy shop trading ! I used the Maplin shop in Plymouth where you could go and buy 'one' resistor . Sadly whoever took over the Maplin name also changed what they retail and the way they trade.

I remember getting stuff from Tandy when I was a kid... When Maplin started opening shops, I think they lost a chunk of their market. Then, both stores drifted towards a more consumer-item business focus & became a lot less interesting for electronics hobbyists... It's a shame.

Sounds excellent. Much better than exepected. Nice playing! & Great Work on the restoration! Did not know Robert used one of these pickups in his JazzMaster. That's absolutely fascinating.

finally after 39 years we still don't understand nothing

Simon Bates claimed on the Radio 1 Top 40 - 15th July 1984 that it is him playing the dead man on the Thompson Twins - Sister of Mercy video. I’ve looked and it does actually look like him. Could this be true? Also I was trying to work out what the Duranny fan was asking about who says “yeah” after the second verse on The Reflex? Then realised it is the slowed down sample of Simon Le Bon saying “Why”. Great video Matthew. Thanks again for doing this 1984 series 👍