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JSR_FDED 5 days ago

What an amazing labor of love to catalog all these machines. Some of the stories behind each individual machine are amazing.

I remember when Fry's Electronics (was it Palo Alto or Sunnyvale?) had one on display.

nielsbot 5 days ago | parent [-]

Man... tangentially, is there a coffee table book about Fry's yet? I remember in the dot com days they had a lounge pianist there as well as a cafeteria? And also, oddly, adult magazines by the check out lines.

glimshe 4 days ago | parent | next [-]

I feel sad every time I think about Fry's and the death of big box electronics retail. I still long for those trips where I'd simply spend hours looking for what's new. Amazon can't deliver the same high and neither can Microcenter, the not-so-bad modern version.

Don't get me even started about Radio Shack :'(

dhosek 4 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I loved all the themed locations in Southern California, although the north-Orange county one, where the theme was just “aerospace” and all they really did was put a giant Space Shuttle model in the center (Burbank’s 50s sci-fi movie theme was, I think, the best of the lot).

chiph 3 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

The one in Austin (piano themed) met a sad end.

Part of their old space is now being redeveloped for a MicroCenter.

rkhassen9 4 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Would love a coffee table book of Fry's. The themes alone would make good viewing!

minitoar 5 days ago | parent | prev [-]

There was a cafeteria as recently as 2018

ageitgey 5 days ago | parent [-]

The Iron Horse cafe! Surprisingly good sandwiches back in the day.

minitoar 4 days ago | parent [-]

Iron Tail Cafe iirc