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Originally Posted by nasadowsk
I think in addition to the Safari, there was a Motorola Astronaut, which was probably the first "big screen" solid state TV, in the earlyb60's.
Both Philco and Motorola made TVs, and Philco still had an active semiconductor division. Which I think got killed off in the 60's.
Speaking of which, I missed the ETF this year, but I'm curious - did the Predicata really kill Philco off? (I suspect it was a few factors, including the above-mentioned semiconductor division, which IIRC, invested heavily into surface barrier types, right before the mesa and planar types were developed by others)
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Miss-management killed off Philco. The presentation is up on YouTube according to the ETF.
You're right about the Motorola Astronaut...I think they were 1961 or 62. The guy that helped pre-teen radio collector me learn repair told me that when he first saw a moto astronaut it was sitting on a table running, assumed it was a tube set, and his jaw hit the floor when the owner picked it up and walked away with it still running (off batteries)!