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Re: Radio Shack's bad name

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From: Mark Zenier
Date: Thu, 24 Nov 1988 20:37
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In article <17863@glacier.STANFORD.EDU>, jbn@glacier.STANFORD.EDU (John B. Nagle) writes:
>       Radio Shack is trying a new tack in dealing with their reputation as
> a maker of low-quality electronics.  They've arranged to use the Panasonic
> name, under licence from Mishibushi, on Tandy/Radio Shack machines.  
                           ^^^^^^^^^^
I imagine that will come as a big surprise to the Matsushita Electric 
Industrial Co. Ltd, The folks that built my cassette recorder.

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From: markz@ssc.UUCP (Mark Zenier)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: Radio Shack's bad name
Keywords: Panasonic
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Date: 24 Nov 88 20:37:35 GMT
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