Re: Anybody in Vancouver BC ??? Looking for a microcontroller kit.
- From: et472@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Michael Black)
- Date: 16 Oct 2007 16:04:00 GMT
Gilles Kohl (gilles_delete_this@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) writes:
Also, if memory serves, "Radio Shack" got renamed "The Source byAbout twenty years ago, Radio Shack spun off its Canadian division
Circuit City" in Canada for whatever reason.
as a separate company. About five or so years ago, the Canadian company
was bought by Circuit City. Radio Shack, the US company, didn't like
the fact that a key competitor was operating in Canada under the Radio
Shack name, so it went to court to win the right to cancel the agreement
that let the Canadian company use the name "Radio Shack". Hence Radio
SHack in Canada had to change its name, and get rid of any Radio Shack
branded items (which was less than it had once been, Canadian Radio
Shacks had been adding non-Radio Shack items over the years, unlike years
ago when everything in the stores were branded Radio Shack items.
But, while you still can get some part and tools at The Source (and
at the same kind of premium price that you'd pay when they were Radio
Shacks) the selection is limited, and there sure isn't any microcontroller
for sale there.
Michael
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