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Subject: | Re: LF: 40 years (completely OT, but...) |
From: | Chris Trayner <[email protected]> |
Date: | Tue, 15 Feb 2011 23:44:15 +0000 |
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> I once looked in the catalog of 1952 or so, and found the very first > transistors there, quite pricey I can remember, in the 1960s I think, Radio Constructor having an entire back page advert for red spots at 15/-. I also got given an OC72 for a birthday present - it came in a little cardboard box, like a valve box but smaller. (For non-Brits or non-fogeys, 15/- meant 15 shillings no pence, i.e. 75p decimal.) 73, Chris G4OKW ----------------------- Dr Chris Trayner School of Electronic & Electrical Engineering, The University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, United Kingdom Tel: +44 113 34 32053 Fax: +44 113 34 32032 |
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