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March 1964 Radio-Electronics
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Wax nostalgic about and learn from the history of early electronics.
See articles from Radio-Electronics,
published 1930-1988. All copyrights hereby acknowledged.
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In 1964, when these
electronics-themed comics
appeared in Radio-Electronics magazine, the world was still in the process
of adopting FM (frequency modulation) radio after decades of owning AM (amplitude
modulation) radios. Radio repair shops could install conversion kits in many models
of radios (still of the vacuum tube variety, mostly). For that matter in the early
days of color TV, conversion kits were available enable pseudo-color from black-and-white
(B&W) sets, using a
spinning color
wheel. This was in the pre-throw-away era when it might have been cheaper to
get something repaired or modified than to buy a new model. I grew up toward the
end of that era (born 1958). Anyway, the comic from page 58 pokes a bit of fun at
the extremes some people expected. The page 94 comic reflect the expectation of
soon-to-be-available wrist watches that ran on precision crystals rather than on
a much less consistent spring and escapement mechanism. The
Hamilton Pulsar, the
world's first electronic watch, did not hit the market until 1971.
Electronics-Themed Comics
"You want this converted to fm stereo multiplex?"
Page 58
"I'll have to have my watch repaired. It's 15 nanoseconds fast
again."
Page 94
Posted July 15, 2024
These Technically-Themed Comics Appeared in Vintage Electronics Magazines. I
personally scanned and posted every one from copies I own (and even colorized some).
275 pages as of 5/13/2026.
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