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Australian 80's hacker here .. Between Computer Age, TANDY Electronics, and Dick Smith Electronics shops, a budding early-80's hacker could get access to a lot
by boffinAudio 3y ago
Australian 80's hacker here .. Between Computer Age, TANDY Electronics, and Dick Smith Electronics shops, a budding early-80's hacker could get access to a lot of technology to sharpen their teeth. I had many great times getting kicked out of TANDY only to cross the street to DSE and continue my hacking .. ;)
- pkaye 3y agoI think we had a few Dick Smith Electronics shops in the US in the 80s. I seem to recall I went to one in the SF bay area when I was young. https://www.retroist.com/p/1982-commercial-for-dick-smiths-electronics-with-the-whiz-kids https://www.retroist.com/p/1982-commercial-for-dick-smiths-e...
- boffinAudio 3y agoNice, I didn't know that. In Australia they were a very welcome hang out for the neighborhood computer kids. A lot friendlier than the Computer Age folks, although I did get a lot more coding done in those shops ..