Mannerisms
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Texas Style

TEXAS  IS  GROWING!Was the heading, 52 years ago, on an advertisement in Electronics Weekly’s edition of  May 31st 1961.

The ad continues:

‘Seize these opportunities to join one of the leading Companies in the Semiconductor Industry.’

‘The industry, as yet in its early days, has an enormous growth…

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Mullard To Mass-Manufacture ICs

‘Two years since the first integrated circuits became available from Mullard’s Southampton facility, the groundwork for a ‘Ford type’ mass production unit has been built round that pilot installation.’  So starts a story in Electronics Weekly’s issue of September 24th 1969.

It continues: ‘Dr F.E.Jones, who…

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Ferranti Launches Mobile Phone Service

‘Britain’s first CT-2 the second generation cordless telephone service was launched this week by Ferranti Creditphone.’

23 years ago this is how a story opened in Electronics Weekly’s edition of October 25 1989.

The story continues

‘The one-way mobile “call-box” service has been branded Zonephone…

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BT To Transmit 1.5Mbit/s Video Over Landlines

‘BT is convinced that it has found the technology to transmit a 1.5Mbit/s digital video channel down 92% of its 24 million copper telephone lines.’

18 years ago this is how a story begins in Electronics Weekly’s edition of  November 23 1994.

The story continues:

‘As a…

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Comms, Not PC, Driving IC Industry

“It is not the PC driving the up-cycle but communications solutions embedded in silicon,” said Wilf Corrigan, Founder and CEO of LSI Logic in Electronics Weekly’s edition of  October 18th 2000.

The story continues:

“The Internet has had some remarkable primary and secondary results,” said Corrigan, “no one…

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Brits Wow Moscow

Moscow: It’s The Busiest Show Ever

  This was the headline, 51 years ago, in Electronics Weekly’s edition of May 31st 1961.

The story opens:

  ‘Questions, questions and more questions,’ wrote Cyril C Gee, ‘never before have British electronic exhibitors had such a busy time as they are having…

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405-lines Unacceptable says BBC.

’405 lines cannot be accepted as permanent British Standard’   -          SAYS BBC ENGINEERING CHIEF.

52 years ago this was a story in Electronics Weekly

 The story opens:   “The BBC is of the view that the 405-line standard cannot be accepted as the permanent British standard.” This was the unequivocal submission…

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UK Not Supporting Solar Cell Manufacturing

UK solar cell manufacturers have not been getting the same support as US manufacturers, complains Ferranti.

  51 years ago, in Electronics Weekly’s edition of April 19 1961, Ferranti explained its problems with solar cell manufacturing.

 ”Satisfactory use of solar cells demands large numbers of them,” said Ferranti’s sales…

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