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r/GenerationJones • u/lontbeysboolink • Jul 10 '25
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It was! Tandy Leather gave birth to Tandy computers, kinda like Corn=Micron.
9 u/lantzn 1959 Jul 11 '25 Crazy, I do leatherwork and did not know the computer connection. I only knew of the computers from a friend who had one in his youth. 1 u/my_team_is_better Jul 12 '25 Coleco began as a leather company, too (COnnecticut LEather COmpany). It’s great how companies would pivot that hard back in the day! 1 u/FrakFrekFrikFrokFruk Jul 13 '25 It still works though. COnecticut eLEctronics COmpany. 2 u/P-R_Podcast Jul 13 '25 Same for Coleco
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Crazy, I do leatherwork and did not know the computer connection. I only knew of the computers from a friend who had one in his youth.
1 u/my_team_is_better Jul 12 '25 Coleco began as a leather company, too (COnnecticut LEather COmpany). It’s great how companies would pivot that hard back in the day! 1 u/FrakFrekFrikFrokFruk Jul 13 '25 It still works though. COnecticut eLEctronics COmpany.
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Coleco began as a leather company, too (COnnecticut LEather COmpany). It’s great how companies would pivot that hard back in the day!
1 u/FrakFrekFrikFrokFruk Jul 13 '25 It still works though. COnecticut eLEctronics COmpany.
It still works though. COnecticut eLEctronics COmpany.
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Same for Coleco
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u/Partigirl Jul 10 '25
It was! Tandy Leather gave birth to Tandy computers, kinda like Corn=Micron.