One of my clients has a device with a model number of TRS-21. I instinctively call it the Trash 21 (back in the day, many people referred to the TRS-80 as the Trash 80 because of its reputation ...

TRS stood for Tandy Radio Shack. while the 80 was a reference to the PC's processor, the Zilog Z80. The 8-bit chip had 8,500 transistors and had a clock speed of 1.774 MHz.

Short answer: Radio Shack proper still lives online, albeit with a slimmer catalog. Meanwhile, about 400 stores bearing the Radio Shack name operate independently of REV, Associated Press reports.

In the summer of 1977, Radio Shack introduced the TRS-80 for $599. This offering included a BASIC language interpreter, four kilobytes of RAM, a Zilog Z80 processor at 1.77 megahertz, a twelve-inch ...

Radio Shack grew quickly with Tandy’s hand at the wheel. On March 3, 1968, Tandy Corporation announced a new complex of stores in Sioux Falls, to be built at the northeast corner of 42nd and ...

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 ...

Up until several years ago, RadioShack was actually Radio Shack. Sure, it’s a subtle difference — one teensy space’s worth — but it struck the suits at The Shack as being significant ...