RadioShack in Talks to Sell Half Its Stores to Sprint, Shutter the Rest
Source: Bloomberg
RadioShack Corp. is preparing to shut down the almost-century-old retail chain in a bankruptcy deal that would sell about half its store leases to Sprint Corp. and close the rest, according to people with knowledge of the discussions.
The locations sold to Sprint would operate under the wireless carrier’s name, meaning RadioShack would cease to exist as a stand-alone retailer, said the people, who declined to be identified because the talks aren’t public.
The negotiations could still break down without a deal being reached, or the terms could change. Sprint and RadioShack also have discussed co-branding the stores, two of the people said. It’s also possible that another bidder could emerge that would buy RadioShack and keep it operating, the people said.
The discussions represent the endgame for a chain that traces its roots to 1921, when it began as a mail-order retailer for amateur ham-radio operators and maritime communications officers. It expanded into a wider range of electronics over the decades, and by the 1980s was seen as a destination for personal computers, gadgets and components that were hard to find elsewhere. In more recent years, though, competition from Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and an army of e-commerce sellers hurt customer traffic.
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College graduation present! 
I still have it along with a Tandy TL1000 -
Had used Trash-80s in college to do BASIC programming so it was only natural. I think the TL1000 had DOS 3.3 burned into a chip.
to save and run the BASIC programs.
It was a nice step-up from the college Trash-80 that I had to use for P-Chem -
and the elementary school teletypes.
They sold cool crap that would last for 30 years?
And yes, she still works.
Where will I go now to find batteries for my ca. 2001 flip phone? 
