RadioShack

RadioShack
Type	Public
Founded	1919 (Hinckley-Tandy Leather Company) 1921 (Radio Shack) 1956 (General American Industries) 1961 (Tandy Corporation) 2000 (RadioShack Corporation)
Headquarters	Fort Worth, Texas, U.S.
Key people	Norton Hinckley (Hinkley-Tandy Leather) Dave L. Tandy (Hinkley-Tandy Leather) Theodore Deutschmann (Radio Shack) Milton Deutschmann (Radio Shack)
Industry	electronics, computers
Products	electronics, computers
Number of people	not disclosed
Website	http://www.radioshack.com/

RadioShack is an American electronics company.

Hinckley-Tandy Leather Company

The Hinckley-Tandy Leather Company was founded in 1919 by Norton Hinckley and Dave L. Tandy.

Radio Shack

Radio Shack was founded in 1921 by Theodore Deutschmann and Milton Deutschmann.

General American Industries

In 1956, the Hinckley-Tandy Leather Company was renamed to General American Industries.

Tandy Corporation

In 1961, General American Industries was renamed to Tandy Corporation.

Tandy acquires Radio Shack

In 1963, Tandy acquired Radio Shack. The Tandy name was used as a brand in Radio Shack stores.

RadioShack Corporation

In 2000, the Tandy Corporation was renamed to the RadioShack Corporation.

Computers by Tandy

From 1977 to 1980, Tandy systems were the best selling computers in the United States of America.

Title	Designer	Release	Notes
TRS-80	Tandy	1977
Tandy 10 Business Computer System	Tandy	1978	Intel 8080 with two 8-inch floppy disk drives.
TRS-80 Model II	Tandy	1979
TRS-80 Color Computer	Tandy	1980
TRS-80 Model III	Tandy	1980
TRS-80 Pocket Computer PC-1	Sharp	1980	Tandy TRS-80-branded Sharp PC-1211 calculator-sized computer.
TDP-100	TDP Electronics	1982	64K Color Computer. Designed by the Tandy Data Products division. Distributed by RCA.
TRS-80 Pocket Computer PC-2	Sharp	1982	Tandy TRS-80-branded Sharp PC-1500 calculator-sized computer.
TRS-80 Model 12	Tandy	1982	Budget-friendly model
TRS-80 Model 16	Tandy	1982
Tandy 2000	Tandy	1983	Partially IBM Personal Computer XT compatible.
TRS-80 Color Computer 2	Tandy	1983	WEC Museum owns a 16K system and box.
TRS-80 MC-10	Tandy	1983	Low-cost entry computer marketed as a competitor to the TRS-80 Color Computer, VIC-20, and ZX81.
TRS-80 Model III/4	Tandy	1980
TRS-80 Model 4	Tandy	1983
TRS-80 Model 4P	Tandy	1983	Self-contained luggable computer
TRS-80 Pocket Computer PC-3	Sharp	1983	Tandy-branded Sharp PC-1251 calculator-sized computer.
TRS-80 Model 16B	Tandy	1983
Tandy 1000	Tandy	1984	IBM Personal Computer compatible.
Tandy 1000A	Tandy	1984	IBM Personal Computer compatible with bugfixes over the previous model. Has a socket for an Intel 8087 math co-processor.
TRS-80 Pocket Computer PC-4	Casio	1984	Tandy-branded Casio PB-100 calculator-sized computer.
TRS-80 Model 4D	Tandy	1985
Tandy 6000	Tandy	1985	8 Mhz Motorola 68000 with up to 768 KB of random access memory and a 70 MB external hard disk.
Tandy 1000 HD	Tandy	1986	IBM Personal Computer compatible. Tandy 1000A with a hard disk pre-installed. Available with a 10 or 20 MB hard drive.
Tandy 1000 HD	Tandy	1986	IBM Personal Computer compatible. Tandy 1000A with a hard disk pre-installed. Available with a 10 or 20 MB hard drive.
Tandy Pocket Computer PC-5	Casio	1986	Tandy-branded Casio FX-780P calculator-sized computer.
Tandy Pocket Computer PC-6	Casio	1986	Tandy-branded Casio FX-790P calculator-sized computer.
Tandy Pocket Computer PC-7	Casio	1986	Tandy-branded Casio FX-5200P calculator-sized computer.
TRS-80 Color Computer 3	Tandy	1986
Tandy 1000 AX	Tandy	1986	Included a Direct memory access controller for faster floppy disk operations. 7.16 MHz Intel 8088-2 with 384 KB of random access memory. The Tandy 1000 AX was a Tandy 1000 SX for sale in Walmart stores.
Tandy 1000 EX	Tandy	1986	Marketed as an entry-level IBM PC-compatible computer. 7.16 MHz Intel 8088 with 256 KB of random access memory.
Tandy 3000	Tandy	1986	8 Mhz Intel 80286 with 512 KBKB of random access memory.
Tandy 1000 HX	Tandy	1987	Marketed as an entry-level IBM PC-compatible computer. Has two 3.5-inch floppy disk drives. 7.16 MHz Intel 8088 with 256 KB of random access memory.
Tandy 1000 SX	Tandy	1987	Included a Direct memory access controller for faster floppy disk operations. 7.16 MHz Intel 8088-2 with 384 KB of random access memory.
Tandy 1000 TX	Tandy	1987	Included a Direct memory access controller for faster floppy disk operations. 8 MHz Intel 80286 with 640 KB of random access memory.
Tandy 3000 HL	Tandy	1987
Tandy Pocket Computer PC-8	Sharp	1988	Tandy-branded Sharp Sharp PC-1246 calculator-sized computer.
Tandy 1000 STL	Tandy	1988
Tandy 1000 SL	Tandy	1989
Tandy 3000 NL	Tandy	1989
Tandy 2500 XL	Tandy	1990
Tandy 2500 XL/2	Tandy	1990
Tandy 1000 RL	Tandy	1991
Tandy 1000 RL/HD	Tandy	1991
Tandy 1000 RLX	Tandy	1991
Tandy 1000 RLX/HD	Tandy	1991
Tandy 1000 RSX	Tandy	1991
Tandy 1000 RSX/HD	Tandy	1991
Tandy 1000 SL/2	Tandy	1991
Tandy 1000 TL/2	Tandy	1991
Tandy 1000 TL/3	Tandy	1991
Tandy 2500 XL	Tandy	1990
Tandy 1400 LT	Tandy	1990	First DOS-compatible Tandy laptop.

Video games by Tandy

Title	Platform	Release	Notes
Checkers	TRS-80 Color Computer	1980
Mega-Bug	TRS-80 Color Computer	1982	Developed by Datasoft.

Application software by Tandy

Title	Platform	Release	Notes
Personal Finance	TRS-80 Color Computer	1980