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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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  4. Re:(roughly $345 in current dollars!) by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I bet some geek is going to try and score one of these retro radios in a futile effort to attract women at a coffee house/artfag hangout.
    Why? Because he failed to realize what was unattractive about him wasn't his looks, clothes, or wealth. It was his personality.

    Stay tuned for another episode of Frustrated Geek!

  5. Re:Transistors by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Good to know even way back then we were stupid about limiting trade with other countries and discouraging technological progress.

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