Of course this is all interesting. But times are very different! Radio Shack hobbyists were at the forefront. There were not SO many of them.. but because th

Of course this is all interesting. But times are very different! Radio Shack hobbyists were at the forefront. There were not SO many of them.. but because the latest chips and other doohickies were fairly expensive in today's world, allowed Radio Shack to prosper. We are both on HN, so we are a bit different than normal population... Globalization changed that, I'm in NYC, you?