Speaking of Tandy & TRS-80 (was: Re: What if,... early PCs

From: Steve Robertson <steverob_at_hotoffice.com>
Date: Sat Apr 10 09:53:47 1999

On Saturday, April 10, 1999 10:16 AM, Charles P. Hobbs
[SMTP:transit_at_primenet.com] wrote:
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> Does anyone remember a similar electronics store called "Lafayette"? They
> were a big chain, probably not nearly as big as Tandy Radio Shack though;
> I think they went under in 1980 or 1981


I used to visit the Lafayette store in Ft. Lauderdale on a regular basis.
IIRC this was in the Early 70's. The store primarily had audio gear, HAM
equipment, and electronics components. Similar to the Radio Shacks of that
time.

As a matter of fact, I still have a Lafayette Stereo Amplifier at home. I
used it for about 10 years then it quit working on one channel. Probably a
bad output transister. I just never got around to fixing it...

I don't recall ever seeing any digital stuff in the stores. Of course this
was VERY early in the micro-processor development stage.

Steve Robertson - <steverob_at_hotoffice.com>
Received on Sat Apr 10 1999 - 09:53:47 BST

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