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Transistor Radio Turns 50

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the led-to-other-things dept.

theodp writes "Before the iPod, there was the Regency TR-1. Fifty years ago Monday, tiny Indianapolis-based I.D.E.A. partnered with TI and shook the world with the first pocket-sized AM radio, so impressing IBM chief Tom Watson that he provided a $49.95 (roughly $345 in current dollars!), four transistor TR-1 to each of his senior managers to kick-start the company's transition from valves."

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  1. Picture and a bit more by erick99 · · Score: 5, Informative

    For a neat one page history of the shirt-pocket sized transistor radio along with a picture of the TR-1, go here: transistor radio

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  2. Re:International Boiling Machines. by nucal · · Score: 5, Informative

    Valves = tubes in Brit-speak ...