> <Does anyone remember a similar electronics store called "Lafayette"? They
...
> They were nothing like TANDY.
...
> They were long gone by '79.
>Correct...nothing like *Tandy*, but quite similar to Radio Shack ...
>perhaps with a better mail order line, IIRC and a bit more oriented
>towards parts and radio. The last one I saw was in Sunnyvale/Santa
>Clara (here in the Bay Area) around 1980/1981.
Lafayette similar to Radio Shack? Bite your tongue...
I remember lafayette as having better quality stuff than Radio
Shack, regardless of what I was looking for... I remember going
over there all the time with my father when I was young...
If you wanted something built to last, you got lafayette. If you
wanted something built out of cheap plastic, you went to Radio
Shack...
Megan Gentry
Former RT-11 Developer
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