KK> I live in sweden and have only heard of radio shack in 
 KK> the DOOM manual, :)
 KK> Tell me about it, maybe a bit OT, but...  
Radio Shack started out decades ago as a chain of largely surplus and small 
parts oriented stores.  They evolved into a division of Tandy, a company 
known as a leather crafts vendor, with branches in strip or indoor malls in 
nearly every city.  They presently stock less of what management calls "wall 
parts", basic electronic parts stuck in the back of the store in most present 
layouts, and push higher ticket items like TVs, computers, and stereos.  Some 
of what they sell is decent quality, while some is substandard relative to 
price or advertised description.  A few items are custom products made 
possible by being a very large chain.  The trick is to sort out the 
difference, or find items on sale that are overpriced otherwise.  
Rat Shack has become a 'least common denominator' of sorts, where it's 
expected you can refer a non-electronics person who doesn't know how to 
contact the 6 nearest OEM/service oriented wholesalers.  
Terry
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