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wa2ise

06-21-2013 01:05 PM

Today cameraphones are the modern equivalent of the old Instamatics. And few pictures actually get printed as Kodak photos, or on inkjets.

ChrisW6ATV

06-23-2013 10:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wa2ise (Post 3072741)

there was talk of RCA getting into home computers... RCA abandoned the idea when they realized that they would do little more than say "Me too".

Probably a good decision. Remember how well Mattel did with their computer.

egrand

06-24-2013 12:26 AM

And Zenith tried to get into computer too and failed. And so did Magnavox, and Coleco, and Timex, and Panasonic, and Atari, etc.....

dieseljeep

06-24-2013 09:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by egrand (Post 3073135)

And Zenith tried to get into computer too and failed. And so did Magnavox, and Coleco, and Timex, and Panasonic, and Atari, etc.....

IIRC, Philco was an early player, as well.
They were building some computer equipment for the government in the late 50's.

JBL_1

06-24-2013 07:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wa2ise (Post 3072303)

I was there....

I was at RCA in Indianapolis

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