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Article #619583Re: 1947--the future of walkie-talkies
From: jmfbahciv
Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2018 16:22
Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2018 16:22
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JimP wrote: > On Sat, 20 Jan 2018 12:07:24 -0800 (PST), hanc...@bbs.cpcn.com wrote: > >>On Friday, January 19, 2018 at 7:11:33 PM UTC-5, JimP wrote: >> >>> About 1960 we got a visit from NASA at my junior high school. They >>> showed the progression from large vacuum tubes/valves, to 4 small dots >>> that were a computer. Remembering back, the first tube looked like a >>> diode. Peanut tubes were part of it. >> >>Years ago, both government and industry would routinely send >>out speakers to schools and clubs, along with a film, to >>pitch what their agencies were doing. Is that still done? > > There were also short films on tv, 'Industry on Parade'. The intro was > lots of factories belching smoke and fumes. I loved to watch those. > > I haven't heard of any, but I don't have kids. When I was a kid, we went to see the work being done. /BAH
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