[Thursday] GenRad in an Ad 1972

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I programmed GenRad in circuit test machines at my first engineering job at Honeywell back in 1979.

Len

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> On Jul 6, 2020, at 10:13 AM, Brown Beezer via Thursday <thursday at newsm.org> wrote:
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> Hello Chris, et al, hope you are all well..
> 
> Yes, GenRad originally General Radio - a great company but they took a few wrong turns..... They were leaders in test equipment in the 1950's and early sixties but were overrun by Hewlett Packard and just didn't keep up. GR manufactured the first production oscilloscope but just didn't follow on as well as a number of other instruments. They made wonderful, high quality gear. We have quite a few examples at the museum.
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> There are a couple of good books on their history.
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> Cheers,
> 
> BB
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chris Prata via Thursday <thursday at newsm.org>
> To: NEWSM Thursday Group <thursday at newsm.org>
> Sent: Mon, Jul 6, 2020 6:40 am
> Subject: [Thursday] GenRad in an Ad 1972
> 
> This ad is kind of cool because it "drove" me to look up General Radio Co., founded in 1915. I wonder if today's Ford luxury offerings are 62dB?
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> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Radio
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> https://youtu.be/AKLILJ0t5eo
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> KNBC-4 1972 Flip Wilson Ford Sponsor Break.
> KNBC-4 1972 Flip Wilson Ford Sponsor Break. all tapes are cleaned and baked before transfer. please keep in mind the quality Matters on condition of machines...
> youtu.be
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