29 Jun
1997
29 Jun
'97
12:59 a.m.
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???o?l : Ward Griffiths and/or Lisa Rogers
<gram(a)cnct.com>
???? : Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
<classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu>
???? : RE: which month?
???M???? : 1997?N6??28?? 23:57
On Sat, 28 Jun 1997, Cord Coslor wrote:
> What was the name of that book? Wasn't it something about a mouse?
Like,
> To Catch a Mouse, Make a Noise Like A Cheese?
>
> On Sat, 28 Jun 1997, Matt Pritchard wrote:
>
> > I have a book about marketing, written by a Tandy VP which has a
large
> > chapter on the birh of the TRS-80. He
mentioned the day of the first
> > produced unit, (sept 15th I think) and game totals for the first
months
> > or two (It seemed they only managed 3
computer a day for the first
week
> or two).
_To Catch a Mouse, Make a Noise Like a Cheese_ was indeed the title, by
Lou Kornfeld, president of Radio Shack and originator of the "Flyer-Side
Chat" column that was a regular feature in Radio Shack retail flyers for
so many years. He was managing one of the (8 or 9) original Radio Shack
stores in Boston when Charles Tandy bought the company in about 1964 (and proceeded to expand the chain by three orders of
magnitude). I forget if
the book was released before or after he retired.
--
Ward Griffiths
"America is at that awkward stage. It's too late to work within
the system, but too early to shoot the bastards." --Claire Wolfe