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We had a stash of Admiral service lit - I kept all the 60's-80's stuff, all genuine Admiral. Admiral shifted the production to Taiwan right before selling out to AOC. Our AOC literature showed that AOC was a one-of-a-kind Taiwanese-created animal, and they kept the Admiral part numbering system for a while, then going to a funky part numbering system. AOC National parts was good at stocking parts, never had an issue, even for odd stuff.
We saw many KMC (Kresge/Kmart) sets that were Admiral and AOC sets. Thankfully, Sams covered some of them, the rest we had the AOC lit for. Sams came out in 2000/2002 with a cross-reference that listed chips and what sets they were used in. Most often, the "jungle chips" used by AOC were used only by them...a real pain when the Sams didn't match the set directly, and the AOC lit was lacking waveforms and voltages. Never saw a LG/GoldStar rebadged as Admiral or vice-versa.
Cheers,
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Brian
USN RET 22YRS (Avionics/Cal)
CET-Consumer Repair and Avionics ('88)
"Capacitor Cosmetologist since '79"
When fuses go to work, they quit!
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