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Posted by rschem at 7:24 am (PDT) on Fri October 23, 2015
I used to order electronic parts and read the catalog cover to cover.
Posted by Chuck Kopsho at 1:36 pm (PDT) on Thu June 11, 2015
Allied electronics is still very much in business. I received a catalog I requested on their website. It's a much thicker catalog, it has 2224 pages as of the 2013 edition.
Posted by Duff at 12:34 am (PST) on Sun November 23, 2014
Right, Bob. Tandy Corporation (Radio Shack's parent company) bought Allied Radio in 1970, but was forced to sell what was left of it in 1973. According to Wikipedia's "Allied Radio" entry (which reads like marketing propaganda to me), an incarnation of Allied still exists.
Posted by Bob Matthews at 11:08 pm (PST) on Sat November 22, 2014
Didn't they become Radio Shack (or maybe it was Lafayette Electronics)?
Posted by Chuck Kopsho at 11:31 am (PST) on Mon February 10, 2014
I remember when Allied Radio was under the Tandy umbrella. Correct me if I'm wrong.
Posted by twozillas at 11:12 am (PDT) on Fri August 14, 2009
Built my first stereo amp from a Knight Kit.
Posted by Duff at 1:11 pm (PDT) on Sat May 9, 2009
I built a Knight-Kit Star Roamer AM/shortwave radio kit ($39.95) from the 1964 Allied catalog; I still have it. Whenever a new annual catalog arrived, I would spend countless hours studying it cover to cover.

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