Radio Shack facts
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Radio Shack sued Auto Shack forcing them to change their name to AutoZone. 20 years later, AutoZone sued Radio Shack for using "POWERZONE" in their stores.
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The last Blockbuster on earth, in Bend, OR uses floppy disks to boot their system, employees have to hand print cards because their printers broke, and transactions are backed up on a reel-to-reel tape that can't be replaced because Radio Shack went out of business.
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In 1981, Radio Shack delivered a TRS-80 computer to Isaac Asimov's apartment. Although initially reluctant to use it, a Radio Shack employee came to set it up and tutor Asimov. This would end Asimov's exclusive use of a typewriter and he would eventually appear in Radio Shack's advertising.
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Circuit City purchased Canadian Radio Shacks in 2004 was promptly sued by RadioShack US and changed names to The Source
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Famous author Isaac Asimov once appeared in a Radio Shack's TRS-80 Pocket Computer ad
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Radio Shack still exists in the US, not only as an online store, but also having hundreds of physical retail locations, including Radio Shack Express shops inside HobbyTown stores.
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The first home network was sold by Radio Shack and was called MicroNet - later rebranded as Compuserve - this was in 1978.
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Radio Shack, Staples, Lowes, Home Depot et al will accept used batteries to be recycled... also, cellphones, CFL bulbs.
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Everything from 1991 Radio Shack ad I now do with my phone
