It may be hard to believe now, but back in 1977, the company that owned the Radio Shack retail store business helped begin the personal computer revolution. Along with the Apple II, which we talked ...

While most of us now remember Radio Shack as a store that tried to force us to buy batteries and cell phones whenever we went to buy a few transistors and other circuit components, for a time it was ...

RadioShack is getting a marketing makeover. Starting August 6, the venerable electronics retailer will change its name to “The Shack,” a rebranding move designed to shed the last-century association ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This CCR-82 Computer Cassette ...

In the 1980s, there was a truly staggering amount of choice for a consumer looking to purchase a home computer. On the high end, something like an Apple Lisa, a business-class IBM PC, or a workstation ...

A check signed by Apple Inc AAPL co-founder Steve Jobs to Radio Shack in 1976 is projected to sell for over $20,000 at auction. What Happened: This check, dated three months after Apple’s founding, is ...

Radio Shack, the once-popular electronics chain, went bankrupt in 2015 and again in 2017. The physical stores, once a nerd’s paradise full of electronic components and computer gear, closed one by one ...

A 1976 check to Radio Shack signed by Steve Jobs is expected to sell for more than $20,000. Jobs famously did not give autographs, and a letter from him saying so sold for nearly $500,000. Radio Shack ...

TRS-80 Portable Computer Model 100 with matching cassette recorder for data/program storage, 32K RAM, Multiplan (Spreadsheet) ROM installed, with manual, faux leatherette case and Bluetooth enabled.

While Twitter might one day become a cultural relic in its own right one day, the social media network has been a vital hub for the revival of beloved items from decades ago. A Twitter user posted a ...