As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 30, 1999.
                                                      Registration No. 333-80207


                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D. C. 20549

                         POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1
                                   ON FORM S-8
                                   TO FORM S-4
                             REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                      UNDER
                           THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

                                TANDY CORPORATION
             (Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware                                            75-1047710
(State or Other Jurisdiction of                     (I.R.S. Employer
Incorporation or Organization)                      Identification No.)

100 Throckmorton Street, Suite 1800                       76102
      Fort Worth, Texas
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)              (Zip Code)

                 AMERILINK CORPORATION 1994 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN
                     EXECUTIVE EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN
                   LARRY R. LINHART AND AMERILINK CORPORATION,
                         INCLUDING STOCK OPTION ADDENDUM
                    RESTRICTED STOCK AWARD AGREEMENT BETWEEN
         AMERILINK CORPORATION AND WILLIAM H. LARGENT AND GEORGE MANSER
         RESTRICTED STOCK AWARD AGREEMENT BETWEEN AMERILINK CORPORATION
                              AND JOSEPH L. GOVERN
                 FORM OF JOSEPH L. GOVERN STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT

                            (Full Title of the Plan)

   M. C. Hill, Senior Vice President, Corporate Secretary and General Counsel
                                Tandy Corporation
                       100 Throckmorton Street, Suite 1900
                             Fort Worth, Texas 76102
                     (Name and Address of Agent for Service)

                                  817-415-3924
          (Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
<TABLE>
                         CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

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 Title of Securities to          Amount             Proposed Maximum       Proposed Maximum           Amount of
     be Registered        To be Registered( 1)     Offering price per     Aggregate Offering    Registration Fee( 2)
                                                 share(       2)         price(      2)
------------------------- ---------------------- ----------------------- ---------------------- ----------------------
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     Common Stock,               335,000
$1 par value Preferred
Share Purchase Rights
------------------------- ---------------------- ----------------------- ---------------------- ----------------------
<FN>
     (1) There is also being registered  hereunder such additional  undetermined
     number of shares of the  Registrant's  Common Stock as may be required as a
     result of stock dividends,  stock splits,  or other similar  adjustments of
     the   Registrant's   Common  Stock.  One  Preferred  Share  Purchase  Right
     automatically  trades with each share of Common  Stock and is  evidenced by
     the  certificate  of Common  Stock.

     (2) Not  applicable.  All  filing  fees  payable  in  connection  with  the
     registration of these securities were paid with the initial filing with the
     Securities and Exchange  Commission of the  Registration  Statement on Form
     S-4 (Registration No. 333-80207)filed on June 8, 1999 being amended by this
      post-effective amendment.
</FN>
</TABLE>




                   INTRODUCTORY STATEMENT NOT FORMING PART OF
                             REGISTRATION STATEMENT


         Tandy   Corporation   ("Tandy"  or  "Registrant")   hereby  amends  its
Registration Statement on Form S-4 (Registration No. 333-80207) (the "Form S-4")
filed on June 8, 1999, by filing this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 on Form S-8
("Post-Effective Amendment No. 1") relating to an aggregate of 335,000 shares of
Common  Stock of the  Registrant.  The  shares to be  registered  hereunder  are
issuable by the  Registrant  pursuant to options or  obligations to issue shares
assumed by the Registrant  pursuant to an Agreement and Plan of  Reorganization,
dated as of May 20, 1999 (the "Agreement"),  among the Registrant, LWT, Inc. and
AmeriLink Corporation. Such options or obligations were originally granted under
(i) AmeriLink  Corporation 1994 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended; (ii) Executive
Employment  Agreement  between  Larry  R.  Linhart  and  AmeriLink  Corporation,
including Stock Option Addendum;  (iii) Restricted Stock Award Agreement between
AmeriLink  Corporation and William H. Largent and George Manser; (iv) Restricted
Stock Award Agreement  between AmeriLink  Corporation and Joseph L. Govern,  and
(v) Form of Joseph L. Govern  Stock  Option  Agreement,  each as amended to date
(collectively,  the "Plans").  Pursuant to the Agreement,  AmeriLink Corporation
was merged with and into LWT, Inc., a wholly-owned  subsidiary of the Registrant
(the  "Merger").  Options to  purchase  common  stock of  AmeriLink  Corporation
granted under the Plans and outstanding  immediately  prior to the completion of
the Merger  shall become  options to purchase  shares of the  Registrant  at the
effective  time of the Merger and any  obligations to issue shares of the common
stock of AmeriLink  Corporation  to any directors  shall become  obligations  to
issue shares of the Common Stock of the Registrant.

         Pursuant  to  its  Registration   Statement  on  Form  S-4,  Registrant
registered  1,083,766  shares of its Common  Stock,  representing  the number of
shares of its Common Stock issuable in connection with the Agreement in exchange
for the outstanding  shares of common stock of AmeriLink  Corporation,  assuming
exercise of all then  outstanding  options to purchase common stock of AmeriLink
Corporation.   The  designation  of  this  Post-Effective  Amendment  No.  1  as
Registration  No.  333-80207  denotes that this  Post-Effective  Amendment No. 1
relates only to an aggregate of 335,000 shares of Common Stock of the Registrant
issuable under the Plans listed above and that this is the first  post-effective
amendment to the Form S-4.


                                     PART I

              INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS

         The document(s)  containing the information specified in Part I of Form
S-8 will be provided to  participants  as  specified  by rule  428(b)(1)  of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities  Act").  These documents and
the documents  incorporated herein by reference pursuant to Item 3 of Part II of
this Registration Statement, taken together,  constitute a prospectus that meets
the requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act (the "Prospectus").



                                     PART II

               INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Item 3. INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE

         The  following  documents,  which have been filed (File No.  1-5571) by
Tandy  Corporation  ("Tandy"  or  "Registrant")  with  the  Securities  Exchange
Commission (the "Commission")  pursuant to the Securities Act and the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "1934 Act"), are incorporated by reference
in this  Registration  Statement  and shall be deemed a part hereof:  (a) Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1998;  (b) Quarterly  Report
on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 1999,  (c) Current  Reports on Form
8-K,  filed May 14,  1999,  May 24, 1999 and May 25, 1999;  (d) Proxy  Statement
dated April 6, 1999; and (e)  Registration  Statement on Form 8-B dated February
26, 1968,  Registration  Statement on Form 8-A dated August 26, 1986,  Amendment
No. 1 on Form 8 to  Registration  Statement  on Form 8-A dated July 11, 1988 and
Amendment No. 2 on Form 8 to  Registration  Statement on Form 8-A dated June 27,
1990.

         All documents  subsequently filed by Tandy with the Commission pursuant
to Sections 13 (a), 13 (c), 14 or 15 (d) of the 1934 Act and prior to the filing
of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby
have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold,  shall
be deemed to be incorporated by reference in the  Registration  Statement and to
be a part  hereof  from the date of  filing  of such  documents.  Any  statement
contained in a document  incorporated  or deemed to be incorporated by reference
herein  shall be  deemed to be  modified  or  superseded  for  purposes  of this
Registration  Statement to the extent that a statement  contained  herein, or in
any  other  subsequently  filed  document,  that  also  is  or is  deemed  to be
incorporated by reference  herein,  modifies or supersedes  such statement.  Any
such  statement  so modified  or  superseded  shall not be deemed,  except as so
modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.

Item 4. DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES

         Not Applicable.

Item 5.  INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL

         An opinion  concerning the validity of the issuance of shares of Common
Stock has been  passed  upon for the  Registrant  by Mark C. Hill,  Senior  Vice
President,  Corporate Secretary and General Counsel of the Registrant.  Mr. Hill
beneficially  owns or has rights to acquire under  employee  benefit  plans,  an
aggregate  of less than 1% of the  outstanding  shares  of  Common  Stock of the
Registrant.

Item 6.  INDEMNIFICATION OF OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS

         Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law grants corporations
the power to indemnify  officers and  directors in terms  sufficiently  broad to
permit  such  indemnification   under  certain   circumstances  for  liabilities
(including  reimbursement  for expenses  incurred)  arising under the Securities
Act.   Article  XIV  of  the   Registrant's   Restated   By-laws   provides  for
indemnification  of its directors,  officers,  employees and other agents to the
maximum extent permitted by Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law.

         Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities
Act may be  permitted to  directors,  officers  and  controlling  persons of the
Registrant  pursuant to the Delaware  General  Corporation Law and the foregoing
by-law  provision  or  otherwise,  the  Registrant  has been advised that in the
opinion of the  Commission  such  indemnification  is against  public  policy as
expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore,  unenforceable.  In the event
that a claim  for  indemnification  against  such  liabilities  (other  than the
payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or
controlling  person of the Registrant in the  successful  defense of any action,
suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director,  officer or controlling person
in connection with the securities being registered,  the Registrant will, unless
in the  opinion  of its  counsel  the matter  has been  settled  by  controlling
precedent,  submit to a court of appropriate  jurisdiction  the question whether
such  indemnification  by it is  against  public  policy  as  expressed  in  the
Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

         The Registrant  carries  directors' and officers'  liability  insurance
policies  under which all of the directors and executive  officers of Registrant
are insured against loss imposed upon them with respect to their legal liability
for breach of their duty to Registrant. Excluded from coverage under said policy
are fines and penalties imposed by law upon such directors and officers or other
matters  which may be deemed  uninsurable  such as  material  acts of active and
deliberate  dishonesty  committed by the insureds with actual dishonest  purpose
and  intent.  In  addition,  the  Registrant  has entered  into  indemnification
agreements with its directors and certain  officers for  indemnification  to the
fullest extent permitted by applicable law.

Item 7. EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED

         None Applicable.

Item 8. EXHIBITS

EXHIBIT NO.              DESCRIPTION

          3.1         Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Tandy Corporation
                      dated July 26, 1999 incorporated herein by reference.

          3.2         Certificate of Elimination of Series C Conversion
                      Preferred Stock of Tandy Corporation dated July 26, 1999.

          3.3         Tandy Corporation Bylaws, restated as of December 16,
                      1998 (filed as Exhibit 3B to Tandy's  Annual  Report on
                      Form 10-K for the fiscal  year  ended  December  31, 1998
                      and incorporated herein by reference).

          4.1         Form of 1994 Stock  Incentive  Plan , as amended (filed as
                      Exhibit  10.1  to  AmeriLink  Corporation's   registration
                      statement  on Form  S-1  file No.  33-69832  and  filed as
                      Exhibit  A  to  the  AmeriLink  Corporation's  1998  Proxy
                      Statement  dated  July 6, 1998  which was filed on July 7,
                      1998 and incorporated herein by reference).

          4.2         Executive  Employment  Agreement  between Larry R. Linhart
                      and AmeriLink  Corporation including Stock Option Addendum
                      (filed as Exhibit 10.3 to AmeriLink  Corporation's  Annual
                      Report on Form 10-K for the year ended  March 28, 1999 and
                      incorporated herein by reference).

          4.3         Restricted   Stock  Award  Agreement   between   AmeriLink
                      Corporation  and  William H.  Largent  and  George  Manser
                      (filed as Exhibit  10.10 to AmeriLink  Corporation  Annual
                      Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal  year  ended  March 30,
                      1997 and incorporated herein by reference).

          4.4         Form of Joseph L. Govern Stock Option  Agreement (filed as
                      Exhibit 10.4 to AmeriLink  Corporation's  Annual Report on
                      Form  10-K  for  the  year  ended   March  28,   1999  and
                      incorporated herein by reference).

          4.5         Restricted Stock Award Agreement between AmeriLink
                      Corporation and Joseph L. Govern.

          5.1         Opinion of Mark C. Hill, Senior Vice President,  Corporate
                      Secretary and General  Counsel,  as to the legality of the
                      securities being registered, including consent.

         23.1         Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Independent
                      Accountants.

         23.2         Consent of Mark C. Hill, Senior Vice President, Corporate
                      Secretary and General Counsel (included in Exhibit 5.1).

Item 9. UNDERTAKINGS

The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:

         (a)(1)   To file,  during any period in which offers or sales are being
                  made,  a   post-effective   amendment  to  this   Registration
                  Statement:

         (i)      to include any prospectus required by section 10(a)(3) of the
                  Securities Act of 1933;

         (ii)     to reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after
                  the effective date of the Registration  Statement (or the most
                  recent post-effective  amendment thereof) which,  individually
                  or in the  aggregate,  represent a  fundamental  change in the
                  information set forth in the Registration Statement; and/or

         (iii) to include any material  information  with respect to the plan of
         distribution not previously disclosed in the Registration  Statement or
         any material change to such information in the Registration Statement.

         Provided,  however,  that paragraphs  (a)(1) (i) and (a)(1) (ii) do not
apply if the information  required to be included in a post-effective  amendment
by those  paragraphs is contained in periodic  reports  filed by the  Registrant
pursuant to section 13 or section 15(d) of the 1934 Act that are incorporated by
reference in the Registration Statement.

         (2) That,  for the  purpose  of  determining  any  liability  under the
Securities Act, each such  post-effective  amendment shall be deemed to be a new
Registration  Statement  relating to the  securities  offered  therein,  and the
offering of such  securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof.

         (3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective  amendment
any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of
the offering.

         (4) The undersigned  Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
determining  any  liability  under  the  Securities  Act,  each  filing  of  the
Registrant's  annual  report  pursuant to section 13 (a) or section 15(d) of the
1934 Act that is incorporated by reference in the  Registration  Statement shall
be deemed to be a new Registration  Statement relating to the securities offered
therein,  and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial bona fide offering thereof.

         (5) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes to deliver or cause to
be delivered with the prospectus,  to each person to whom the prospectus is sent
or given,  the latest annual report to security  holders that is incorporated by
reference  in  the  prospectus  and  furnished   pursuant  to  and  meeting  the
requirements  of Rule 14a-3 or Rule 14c-3 under the 1934 Act; and, where interim
financial information required to be presented by Article 3 of Regulation S-X is
not set forth in the  prospectus,  to deliver,  or cause to be delivered to each
person to whom the prospectus is sent or given, the latest quarterly report that
is  specifically  incorporated  by reference in the  prospectus  to provide such
interim financial information.

         (6) The undertaking regarding indemnification of officers and directors
is included as part of Item 6, which is incorporated into Item 9 by reference.

                                   SIGNATURES

         The Registrant.  Pursuant to the  requirements of the Securities Act of
1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it
meets  all the  requirements  for  filing on Form S-8 and has duly  caused  this
Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,  thereunto
duly authorized,  in the City of Fort Worth,  State of Texas, on the 30th day of
July, 1999.


                                   Tandy Corporation


                                   By:      /s/
                                   Leonard H. Roberts, Chairman, President and
                                   Chief Executive Officer


         Pursuant  to the  requirements  of the  Securities  Act of  1933,  this
Registration  Statement  has been signed below by the  following  persons in the
capacities indicated on the 30th day of July, 1999.

Signature                                           Title



   /s/                              Chairman, President, Chief Executive Officer
Leonard H. Roberts                  And Director
                                    (Principal Executive Officer)


   /s/                              Senior Vice President and Chief Financial
Dwain H. Hughes                     Officer
                                    (Principal Financial Officer)


   /s/                              Vice President Controller
Richard L. Ramsey                   (Principal Accounting Officer)



   /s/                              Director
Frank J. Belatti



   /s/                              Director
James I. Cash, Jr.



   /s/                              Director
Ronald E. Elmquist



   /s/                              Director
Lewis F. Kornfeld



   /s/                              Director
Robert Kamerschen



   /s/                              Director
Jack L. Messman



   /s/                              Director
William G. Morton, Jr.



   /s/                              Director
Thomas G. Plaskett



   /s/                              Director
Alfred J. Stein



   /s/                              Director
William E. Tucker



   /s/                              Director
Edwina O. Woodbury

                                INDEX TO EXHIBITS


      Exhibit No.        Description

           3.1           Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Tandy
                         Corporation dated July 26, 1999 incorporated
                         herein by reference.

           3.2           Certificate of Elimination of Series C Conversion
                         Preferred Stock of Tandy Corporation dated
                         July 26, 1999.

           3.3           Tandy Corporation Bylaws, restated as of December 16,
                         1998 (filed as Exhibit 3B to Tandy's Annual Report on
                         Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1998
                         and incorporated herein by reference).

           4.1           Form of 1994 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended (filed as
                         Exhibit 10.1 to AmeriLink Corporation's registration
                         statement on Form S-1 file No. 33-69832 and filed as
                         Exhibit A to the AmeriLink Corporation's 1998 Proxy
                         Statement dated July 6, 1998 which was filed on July 7,
                         1998 and incorporated herein by reference).

           4.2           Executive Employment Agreement between Larry R. Linhart
                         and AmeriLink Corporation including Stock Option
                         Addendum (filed as Exhibit 10.3 to AmeriLink
                         Corporation's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year
                         ended March 28, 1999 and incorporated herein by
                         reference).

           4.3           Restricted Stock Award Agreement between AmeriLink
                         Corporation and William H. Largent and George Manser
                         (filed as Exhibit 10.10 to AmeriLink Corporation Annual
                         Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 30,
                         1997 and incorporated herein by reference).

           4.4           Form of Joseph L. Govern Stock Option Agreement (filed
                         as Exhibit 10.4 to AmeriLink Corporation's Annual
                         Report on Form 10-K for the year ended March 28, 1999
                         and incorporated herein by reference).

           4.5           Restricted Stock Award Agreement between AmeriLink
                         Corporation and Joseph L. Govern.

           5.1           Opinion of Mark C. Hill, Senior Vice President,
                         Corporate Secretary and General Counsel, as to the
                         legality of the securities being registered, including
                         consent.

           23.1          Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Independent
                         Accountants.

           23.2          Consent of Mark C. Hill, Senior Vice President,
                         Corporate Secretary and General Counsel (included in
                         Exhibit 5.1).
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 30, 1999.
                                                      Registration No. 333-80207

                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D. C. 20549

                         POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1
                                   ON FORM S-8
                                   TO FORM S-4
                             REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                      UNDER
                           THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

                                TANDY CORPORATION
             (Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware                                            75-1047710
(State or Other Jurisdiction of                     (I.R.S. Employer
Incorporation or Organization)                      Identification No.)

100 Throckmorton Street, Suite 1800                       76102
      Fort Worth, Texas
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)              (Zip Code)

                 AMERILINK CORPORATION 1994 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN
                     EXECUTIVE EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN
                   LARRY R. LINHART AND AMERILINK CORPORATION,
                         INCLUDING STOCK OPTION ADDENDUM
                    RESTRICTED STOCK AWARD AGREEMENT BETWEEN
         AMERILINK CORPORATION AND WILLIAM H. LARGENT AND GEORGE MANSER
         RESTRICTED STOCK AWARD AGREEMENT BETWEEN AMERILINK CORPORATION
                              AND JOSEPH L. GOVERN
                 FORM OF JOSEPH L. GOVERN STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT

                            (Full Title of the Plan)

   M. C. Hill, Senior Vice President, Corporate Secretary and General Counsel
                                Tandy Corporation
                       100 Throckmorton Street, Suite 1900
                             Fort Worth, Texas 76102
                     (Name and Address of Agent for Service)

                                  817-415-3924
          (Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

                         CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

------------------------- ---------------------- ----------------------- ---------------------- ----------------------
Title of Securities to          Amount             Proposed Maximum       Proposed Maximum           Amount of
     be Registered        To be Registered( 1)     Offering price per     Aggregate Offering    Registration Fee( 2)
                                                 share(       2)         price(      2)
------------------------- ---------------------- ----------------------- ---------------------- ----------------------
------------------------- ---------------------- ----------------------- ---------------------- ----------------------
Common Stock,               335,000
$1 par value Preferred
Share Purchase Rights
------------------------- ---------------------- ----------------------- ---------------------- ----------------------
(1) There is also being registered  hereunder such additional  undetermined
     number of shares of the  Registrant's  Common Stock as may be required as a
     result of stock dividends,  stock splits,  or other similar  adjustments of
     the   Registrant's   Common  Stock.  One  Preferred  Share  Purchase  Right
     automatically  trades with each share of Common  Stock and is  evidenced by
     the  certificate  of Common  Stock.

     (2) Not  applicable.  All  filing  fees  payable  in  connection  with  the
     registration of these securities were paid with the initial filing with the
     Securities and Exchange  Commission of the  Registration  Statement on Form
     S-4 (Registration No. 333-80207)filed on June 8, 1999 being amended by this
      post-effective amendment.
INTRODUCTORY STATEMENT NOT FORMING PART OF
                             REGISTRATION STATEMENT

         Tandy   Corporation   ("Tandy"  or  "Registrant")   hereby  amends  its
Registration Statement on Form S-4 (Registration No. 333-80207) (the "Form S-4")
filed on June 8, 1999, by filing this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 on Form S-8
("Post-Effective Amendment No. 1") relating to an aggregate of 335,000 shares of
Common  Stock of the  Registrant.  The  shares to be  registered  hereunder  are
issuable by the  Registrant  pursuant to options or  obligations to issue shares
assumed by the Registrant  pursuant to an Agreement and Plan of  Reorganization,
dated as of May 20, 1999 (the "Agreement"),  among the Registrant, LWT, Inc. and
AmeriLink Corporation. Such options or obligations were originally granted under
(i) AmeriLink  Corporation 1994 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended; (ii) Executive
Employment  Agreement  between  Larry  R.  Linhart  and  AmeriLink  Corporation,
including Stock Option Addendum;  (iii) Restricted Stock Award Agreement between
AmeriLink  Corporation and William H. Largent and George Manser; (iv) Restricted
Stock Award Agreement  between AmeriLink  Corporation and Joseph L. Govern,  and
(v) Form of Joseph L. Govern  Stock  Option  Agreement,  each as amended to date
(collectively,  the "Plans").  Pursuant to the Agreement,  AmeriLink Corporation
was merged with and into LWT, Inc., a wholly-owned  subsidiary of the Registrant
(the  "Merger").  Options to  purchase  common  stock of  AmeriLink  Corporation
granted under the Plans and outstanding  immediately  prior to the completion of
the Merger  shall become  options to purchase  shares of the  Registrant  at the
effective  time of the Merger and any  obligations to issue shares of the common
stock of AmeriLink  Corporation  to any directors  shall become  obligations  to
issue shares of the Common Stock of the Registrant.

         Pursuant  to  its  Registration   Statement  on  Form  S-4,  Registrant
registered  1,083,766  shares of its Common  Stock,  representing  the number of
shares of its Common Stock issuable in connection with the Agreement in exchange
for the outstanding  shares of common stock of AmeriLink  Corporation,  assuming
exercise of all then  outstanding  options to purchase common stock of AmeriLink
Corporation.   The  designation  of  this  Post-Effective  Amendment  No.  1  as
Registration  No.  333-80207  denotes that this  Post-Effective  Amendment No. 1
relates only to an aggregate of 335,000 shares of Common Stock of the Registrant
issuable under the Plans listed above and that this is the first  post-effective
amendment to the Form S-4.

                                     PART I

              INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS

         The document(s)  containing the information specified in Part I of Form
S-8 will be provided to  participants  as  specified  by rule  428(b)(1)  of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities  Act").  These documents and
the documents  incorporated herein by reference pursuant to Item 3 of Part II of
this Registration Statement, taken together,  constitute a prospectus that meets
the requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act (the "Prospectus").

                                     PART II

               INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Item 3. INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE

         The  following  documents,  which have been filed (File No.  1-5571) by
Tandy  Corporation  ("Tandy"  or  "Registrant")  with  the  Securities  Exchange
Commission (the "Commission")  pursuant to the Securities Act and the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "1934 Act"), are incorporated by reference
in this  Registration  Statement  and shall be deemed a part hereof:  (a) Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1998;  (b) Quarterly  Report
on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 1999,  (c) Current  Reports on Form
8-K,  filed May 14,  1999,  May 24, 1999 and May 25, 1999;  (d) Proxy  Statement
dated April 6, 1999; and (e)  Registration  Statement on Form 8-B dated February
26, 1968,  Registration  Statement on Form 8-A dated August 26, 1986,  Amendment
No. 1 on Form 8 to  Registration  Statement  on Form 8-A dated July 11, 1988 and
Amendment No. 2 on Form 8 to  Registration  Statement on Form 8-A dated June 27,
1990.

         All documents  subsequently filed by Tandy with the Commission pursuant
to Sections 13 (a), 13 (c), 14 or 15 (d) of the 1934 Act and prior to the filing
of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby
have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold,  shall
be deemed to be incorporated by reference in the  Registration  Statement and to
be a part  hereof  from the date of  filing  of such  documents.  Any  statement
contained in a document  incorporated  or deemed to be incorporated by reference
herein  shall be  deemed to be  modified  or  superseded  for  purposes  of this
Registration  Statement to the extent that a statement  contained  herein, or in
any  other  subsequently  filed  document,  that  also  is  or is  deemed  to be
incorporated by reference  herein,  modifies or supersedes  such statement.  Any
such  statement  so modified  or  superseded  shall not be deemed,  except as so
modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.

Item 4. DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES

         Not Applicable.

Item 5.  INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL

         An opinion  concerning the validity of the issuance of shares of Common
Stock has been  passed  upon for the  Registrant  by Mark C. Hill,  Senior  Vice
President,  Corporate Secretary and General Counsel of the Registrant.  Mr. Hill
beneficially  owns or has rights to acquire under  employee  benefit  plans,  an
aggregate  of less than 1% of the  outstanding  shares  of  Common  Stock of the
Registrant.

Item 6.  INDEMNIFICATION OF OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS

         Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law grants corporations
the power to indemnify  officers and  directors in terms  sufficiently  broad to
permit  such  indemnification   under  certain   circumstances  for  liabilities
(including  reimbursement  for expenses  incurred)  arising under the Securities
Act.   Article  XIV  of  the   Registrant's   Restated   By-laws   provides  for
indemnification  of its directors,  officers,  employees and other agents to the
maximum extent permitted by Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law.

         Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities
Act may be  permitted to  directors,  officers  and  controlling  persons of the
Registrant  pursuant to the Delaware  General  Corporation Law and the foregoing
by-law  provision  or  otherwise,  the  Registrant  has been advised that in the
opinion of the  Commission  such  indemnification  is against  public  policy as
expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore,  unenforceable.  In the event
that a claim  for  indemnification  against  such  liabilities  (other  than the
payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or
controlling  person of the Registrant in the  successful  defense of any action,
suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director,  officer or controlling person
in connection with the securities being registered,  the Registrant will, unless
in the  opinion  of its  counsel  the matter  has been  settled  by  controlling
precedent,  submit to a court of appropriate  jurisdiction  the question whether
such  indemnification  by it is  against  public  policy  as  expressed  in  the
Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

         The Registrant  carries  directors' and officers'  liability  insurance
policies  under which all of the directors and executive  officers of Registrant
are insured against loss imposed upon them with respect to their legal liability
for breach of their duty to Registrant. Excluded from coverage under said policy
are fines and penalties imposed by law upon such directors and officers or other
matters  which may be deemed  uninsurable  such as  material  acts of active and
deliberate  dishonesty  committed by the insureds with actual dishonest  purpose
and  intent.  In  addition,  the  Registrant  has entered  into  indemnification
agreements with its directors and certain  officers for  indemnification  to the
fullest extent permitted by applicable law.

Item 7. EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED

         None Applicable.

Item 8. EXHIBITS

EXHIBIT NO.              DESCRIPTION

          3.1         Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Tandy Corporation
                      dated July 26, 1999 incorporated herein by reference.

          3.2         Certificate of Elimination of Series C Conversion
                      Preferred Stock of Tandy Corporation dated July 26, 1999.

          3.3         Tandy Corporation Bylaws, restated as of December 16,
                      1998 (filed as Exhibit 3B to Tandy's  Annual  Report on
                      Form 10-K for the fiscal  year  ended  December  31, 1998
                      and incorporated herein by reference).

          4.1         Form of 1994 Stock  Incentive  Plan , as amended (filed as
                      Exhibit  10.1  to  AmeriLink  Corporation's   registration
                      statement  on Form  S-1  file No.  33-69832  and  filed as
                      Exhibit  A  to  the  AmeriLink  Corporation's  1998  Proxy
                      Statement  dated  July 6, 1998  which was filed on July 7,
                      1998 and incorporated herein by reference).

          4.2         Executive  Employment  Agreement  between Larry R. Linhart
                      and AmeriLink  Corporation including Stock Option Addendum
                      (filed as Exhibit 10.3 to AmeriLink  Corporation's  Annual
                      Report on Form 10-K for the year ended  March 28, 1999 and
                      incorporated herein by reference).

          4.3         Restricted   Stock  Award  Agreement   between   AmeriLink
                      Corporation  and  William H.  Largent  and  George  Manser
                      (filed as Exhibit  10.10 to AmeriLink  Corporation  Annual
                      Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal  year  ended  March 30,
                      1997 and incorporated herein by reference).

          4.4         Form of Joseph L. Govern Stock Option  Agreement (filed as
                      Exhibit 10.4 to AmeriLink  Corporation's  Annual Report on
                      Form  10-K  for  the  year  ended   March  28,   1999  and
                      incorporated herein by reference).

          4.5         Restricted Stock Award Agreement between AmeriLink
                      Corporation and Joseph L. Govern.

          5.1         Opinion of Mark C. Hill, Senior Vice President,  Corporate
                      Secretary and General  Counsel,  as to the legality of the
                      securities being registered, including consent.

         23.1         Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Independent
                      Accountants.

         23.2         Consent of Mark C. Hill, Senior Vice President, Corporate
                      Secretary and General Counsel (included in Exhibit 5.1).

Item 9. UNDERTAKINGS

The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:

         (a)(1)   To file,  during any period in which offers or sales are being
                  made,  a   post-effective   amendment  to  this   Registration
                  Statement:

         (i)      to include any prospectus required by section 10(a)(3) of the
                  Securities Act of 1933;

         (ii)     to reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after
                  the effective date of the Registration  Statement (or the most
                  recent post-effective  amendment thereof) which,  individually
                  or in the  aggregate,  represent a  fundamental  change in the
                  information set forth in the Registration Statement; and/or

         (iii) to include any material  information  with respect to the plan of
         distribution not previously disclosed in the Registration  Statement or
         any material change to such information in the Registration Statement.

         Provided,  however,  that paragraphs  (a)(1) (i) and (a)(1) (ii) do not
apply if the information  required to be included in a post-effective  amendment
by those  paragraphs is contained in periodic  reports  filed by the  Registrant
pursuant to section 13 or section 15(d) of the 1934 Act that are incorporated by
reference in the Registration Statement.

         (2) That,  for the  purpose  of  determining  any  liability  under the
Securities Act, each such  post-effective  amendment shall be deemed to be a new
Registration  Statement  relating to the  securities  offered  therein,  and the
offering of such  securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof.

         (3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective  amendment
any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of
the offering.

         (4) The undersigned  Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
determining  any  liability  under  the  Securities  Act,  each  filing  of  the
Registrant's  annual  report  pursuant to section 13 (a) or section 15(d) of the
1934 Act that is incorporated by reference in the  Registration  Statement shall
be deemed to be a new Registration  Statement relating to the securities offered
therein,  and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial bona fide offering thereof.

         (5) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes to deliver or cause to
be delivered with the prospectus,  to each person to whom the prospectus is sent
or given,  the latest annual report to security  holders that is incorporated by
reference  in  the  prospectus  and  furnished   pursuant  to  and  meeting  the
requirements  of Rule 14a-3 or Rule 14c-3 under the 1934 Act; and, where interim
financial information required to be presented by Article 3 of Regulation S-X is
not set forth in the  prospectus,  to deliver,  or cause to be delivered to each
person to whom the prospectus is sent or given, the latest quarterly report that
is  specifically  incorporated  by reference in the  prospectus  to provide such
interim financial information.

         (6) The undertaking regarding indemnification of officers and directors
is included as part of Item 6, which is incorporated into Item 9 by reference.

                                   SIGNATURES

         The Registrant.  Pursuant to the  requirements of the Securities Act of
1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it
meets  all the  requirements  for  filing on Form S-8 and has duly  caused  this
Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,  thereunto
duly authorized,  in the City of Fort Worth,  State of Texas, on the 30th day of
July, 1999.

                                   Tandy Corporation

                                   By:      /s/
                                   Leonard H. Roberts, Chairman, President and
                                   Chief Executive Officer

         Pursuant  to the  requirements  of the  Securities  Act of  1933,  this
Registration  Statement  has been signed below by the  following  persons in the
capacities indicated on the 30th day of July, 1999.

Signature                                           Title

   /s/                              Chairman, President, Chief Executive Officer
Leonard H. Roberts                  And Director
                                    (Principal Executive Officer)

   /s/                              Senior Vice President and Chief Financial
Dwain H. Hughes                     Officer
                                    (Principal Financial Officer)

   /s/                              Vice President Controller
Richard L. Ramsey                   (Principal Accounting Officer)

   /s/                              Director
Frank J. Belatti

   /s/                              Director
James I. Cash, Jr.

   /s/                              Director
Ronald E. Elmquist

   /s/                              Director
Lewis F. Kornfeld

   /s/                              Director
Robert Kamerschen

   /s/                              Director
Jack L. Messman

   /s/                              Director
William G. Morton, Jr.

   /s/                              Director
Thomas G. Plaskett

   /s/                              Director
Alfred J. Stein

   /s/                              Director
William E. Tucker

   /s/                              Director
Edwina O. Woodbury

                                INDEX TO EXHIBITS

      Exhibit No.        Description

           3.1           Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Tandy
                         Corporation dated July 26, 1999 incorporated
                         herein by reference.

           3.2           Certificate of Elimination of Series C Conversion
                         Preferred Stock of Tandy Corporation dated
                         July 26, 1999.

           3.3           Tandy Corporation Bylaws, restated as of December 16,
                         1998 (filed as Exhibit 3B to Tandy's Annual Report on
                         Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1998
                         and incorporated herein by reference).

           4.1           Form of 1994 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended (filed as
                         Exhibit 10.1 to AmeriLink Corporation's registration
                         statement on Form S-1 file No. 33-69832 and filed as
                         Exhibit A to the AmeriLink Corporation's 1998 Proxy
                         Statement dated July 6, 1998 which was filed on July 7,
                         1998 and incorporated herein by reference).

           4.2           Executive Employment Agreement between Larry R. Linhart
                         and AmeriLink Corporation including Stock Option
                         Addendum (filed as Exhibit 10.3 to AmeriLink
                         Corporation's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year
                         ended March 28, 1999 and incorporated herein by
                         reference).

           4.3           Restricted Stock Award Agreement between AmeriLink
                         Corporation and William H. Largent and George Manser
                         (filed as Exhibit 10.10 to AmeriLink Corporation Annual
                         Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 30,
                         1997 and incorporated herein by reference).

           4.4           Form of Joseph L. Govern Stock Option Agreement (filed
                         as Exhibit 10.4 to AmeriLink Corporation's Annual
                         Report on Form 10-K for the year ended March 28, 1999
                         and incorporated herein by reference).

           4.5           Restricted Stock Award Agreement between AmeriLink
                         Corporation and Joseph L. Govern.

           5.1           Opinion of Mark C. Hill, Senior Vice President,
                         Corporate Secretary and General Counsel, as to the
                         legality of the securities being registered, including
                         consent.

           23.1          Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Independent
                         Accountants.

           23.2          Consent of Mark C. Hill, Senior Vice President,
                         Corporate Secretary and General Counsel (included in
                         Exhibit 5.1).