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To: John Koligman who wrote (17801)	2/21/1998 7:09:00 PM
From: Flair	Respond to of 97611

John & all, - "Compaq and Radio Shack" Home education market heats up By Reuters Special to CNET NEWS.COM February 20, 1998, 10:00 a.m. PT DALLAS--Consumer electronics retailer Radio Shack plans to aim at the home educational market through its recent deal with Compaq Computer (CPQ). Parents buying desktop computers for their school-age children will be the target of a major U.S. advertising campaign that is scheduled to break in early August , Leonard Roberts, president of Radio Shack and its parent company, Tandy of Fort Worth, Texas, said in a recent telephone interview. In January, Radio Shack and Houston-based Compaq announced an agreement that makes Compaq the exclusive supplier of desktop computers for the 6,800 Radio Shack stores in the United States. Compaq's Presario line replaces the IBM machines that Radio Shack had sold exclusively for the past few years. .................................... The full text is in news.com