Msg: 1378 *Conference*
01-20-92 22:16:56
From: JOE STEPHAN
To : RICK HANSON
Subj: ONE GOOD TANDY PERSON
Ricardo... Counter to my recently posted analysis of Tandy, once in a while there is happily a refreshing exception. The _only_ local Radio Shack store I will do business with, not only actually has a manager who has been there in that position for over a year (gasp!), but he actually knows something about electronics (another gasp!). I went over there today needing a printer cable for my new WP-2, but really gasped when they wanted $32! He didn't have anything like a 26 to 25 pin adapter for my T200/102 printer cable, so we set about mounting a 25 pin connector about an inch down from the 26 pin connector. I thought we'd created a two-headed snake when it wouldn't work on either computer! A multi-meter check showed a short in pin 3, and carefully taking it back apart we discovered that the "cradle" in the 25 pin head was a little narrower than the 26 pin cable, which was crimping it together. Not to worry says he, as he pulls out an exacto knife and carefully cuts a long slit in the webbing between the last wire. Reassembling the 25 pin head with the last wire looped over it took care of the problem, and the cable now works perfectly on both computers! Wouldn't it be nice if ever Tandy store was this way!(a nice fantasy). Regards from Jose