Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!seismo!gatech!hao!husc6!mit-eddie!uw-beaver!tektronix!tekcrl!tekgvs!keithe From: keithe@tekgvs.TEK.COM (Keith Ericson) Newsgroups: sci.electronics Subject: Re: vari-loopstick Message-ID: <2440@tekgvs.TEK.COM> Date: Fri, 10-Jul-87 19:58:11 EDT Article-I.D.: tekgvs.2440 Posted: Fri Jul 10 19:58:11 1987 Date-Received: Sun, 12-Jul-87 13:23:25 EDT References: <3220@ptsfa.UUCP> <1725@vice.TEK.COM> Reply-To: keithe@tekgvs.UUCP (Keith Ericson) Organization: Tektronix, Inc., Beaverton, OR. Lines: 11 In article <1725@vice.TEK.COM> georgep@vice.TEK.COM (George Pell) writes: >Lafayette Radio was bought by Radio Shack in the '70s, was absorbed, >and soon disappeared altogether. > Uh, it was Allied that was purchased by Radio Shack (actually, Tandy). As I recall Uncle Sam said "No, no, musn't do that" and made Tandy divest itself of Allied. I think it was a practice run for the AT&T job :-). keith