Radio Shack was the mecca for nerds when I was a kid growing up in a small town in the mid-west. They had all sorts of electronic kits you could put together and you could always count on them for any resistor that you needed.
Also loved that free monthly battery club they had. I could always get a fresh 9 volt for the transistor radio!
My first computer was a TRS-80 that I lusted after for months and would ride my bike up to play with at the store until I finally could afford one of my very own.
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