>Tandy Computers sold out to AST (who also bought Grid)...part of the
>deal was that AST computers were sold at Radio Shack, the deal didn't
>last that long. AST also sold out to their majority investor (Samsung?)
>when they were nearly out of business. Unrelated is the
>RadioShack-Compaq deal...similar to deal cut by Sprint-RadioShack.
If I recall correctly, it was mid-1993 when the sale took
place. AST didn't waste any time trimming what had been Tandy's
computer arm, shutting down a lot of it in the process. I always
liked AST's products, such as the SixPack Plus expansion boards. AST
had some interesting ideas as to CPU upgradibility with their '386
line as well.
Jeff
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