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High Tech Comics
July 1961 Electronics World

July 1961 Electronics World

July 1961 Electronics World Cover - RF Cafe  Table of Contents 

Wax nostalgic about and learn from the history of early electronics. See articles from Electronics World, published May 1959 - December 1971. All copyrights hereby acknowledged.

Here are a couple high tech comics for your enjoyment from the pages of the July 1961 edition of Electronics World magazine. I'm guessing the joke in the page 72 comic is that unknown parts were/are generically referred to as "Brand X," so hopefully that would bring in customers who couldn't identify components (which the repairman probably could). The page 94 comic is yet another play on the huge popularity of home hi-fidelity (hi-fi) sound systems of the day. Amplifiers still used vacuum tubes so building speaker driver circuits that could handle hundreds of watts was easy to do. Finding speakers to handle that power (and getting neighbors to tolerate the noise level) was the challenge. There is a large list of other comics at the end of this page.

Comics

"Bob, you haven't heard hi-fi until you've heard mine!"  (page 94) - RF Cafe

"Bob, you haven't heard hi-fi until you've heard mine!"  (page 94)

 

"We Carry Brand X Parts"  (page 72) - RF Cafe

"We Carry Brand X Parts"  (page 72)

 

 

 

Posted September 22, 2015


These Technically-Themed Comics Appeared in Vintage Electronics Magazines. I personally scanned and posted every one from copies I own (and even colorized some). 247 pages as of 12/3/2024

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