I think you might be confusing a law argument with a logic argument. 🤓 The 2 are not related.
Sent from my iPhone > On Aug 31, 2023, at 21:00, Tony Duell via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> > wrote: > > On Thu, Aug 31, 2023 at 9:53 PM Chris Zach via cctalk > <cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: >> >> Which is weird, since Radio Shack was renowned for putting schematic >> diagrams on so many of their products. My Flavoradio still has the >> schematic on it if a transistor goes bad.... > > And they would sell spare parts and service manuals for just about > everything they sold. > > Their pocket computers were of course essentially re-badged Sharp and > Casio machines. Getting the service manuals from the original > companies was moderately harder than getting defence secrets. Getting > the manuals from Tandy/Radio Shack was simply a matter of ordering > them at the local shop. > > -tony