As a Geezer Geek, this breaks my heart. When I was eight years old, my mom dragged me along to the Tandy Leather Company so my sister could buy some leather for some stupid project. In the corner of that huge store was a section with all kinds of electronic parts. I was fascinated. My mom bought me a crystal radio kit, some books and a CK722 germanium transistor, and later, an Ocean Hopper shortwave receiver (all of which I still have).
For another generation, it will be the TRS-80 that was their first love, electronically speaking.
Before they lost their way, Radio Shack started a lot of engineers down their career path and it is very sad to see this outcome.
