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From: Yujin Nagasawa <ynagasaw_at_ic.sunysb.edu>
Date: Sat Jun 28 22:59:50 1997

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> ???o?l : Ward Griffiths and/or Lisa Rogers <gram_at_cnct.com>
> ???? : Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
<classiccmp_at_u.washington.edu>
> ???? : RE: which month?
> ???M???? : 1997?N6??28?? 23:57
>
> On Sat, 28 Jun 1997, Cord Coslor wrote:
>
> > What was the name of that book? Wasn't it something about a mouse?
Like,
> > To Catch a Mouse, Make a Noise Like A Cheese?
> >
> > On Sat, 28 Jun 1997, Matt Pritchard wrote:
> >
> > > I have a book about marketing, written by a Tandy VP which has a
large
> > > chapter on the birh of the TRS-80. He mentioned the day of the first
> > > produced unit, (sept 15th I think) and game totals for the first
months
> > > or two (It seemed they only managed 3 computer a day for the first
week
> > > or two).
>
> _To Catch a Mouse, Make a Noise Like a Cheese_ was indeed the title, by
> Lou Kornfeld, president of Radio Shack and originator of the "Flyer-Side
> Chat" column that was a regular feature in Radio Shack retail flyers for
> so many years. He was managing one of the (8 or 9) original Radio Shack
> stores in Boston when Charles Tandy bought the company in about 1964 (and

> proceeded to expand the chain by three orders of magnitude). I forget if

> the book was released before or after he retired.
> --
> Ward Griffiths
> "America is at that awkward stage. It's too late to work within
> the system, but too early to shoot the bastards." --Claire Wolfe
Received on Sat Jun 28 1997 - 22:59:50 BST