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Originally posted by Carmine
I've been to that site too, but it's a shame that it ends at 1954. I wish there were something later, with a little history on the development of remote control, porthole sets, Zenith's reluctance to use printed circuits (good!), late entry to color (except the the Zenith prototype seen on here), Chromacolor, entry into data systems, and the company's sad ending.
Here's another piece of the puzzle... For years I've seen motion lights at Home Depot with the brand Heathkit/Zenith, yet the "Zenith" is a different logo than the lightning bolt, or that stupid lowercase "z e n i t h" that means "disposable slave labor junk".
Heathkit, got any ideas here?
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Carmine, just found the answer to your question here:
http://www.heathkit-museum.com/features/hkhistory.shtml
This passage in particular "The computer products were sold under the Heath/Zenith and Zenith Data Systems (ZDS) names. Incidentally, Heathkit, Vertitechnolgy, and ZDS each had their own President which reported to ZEC in Chicago. This should clear up misconception number 1. Although ZDS employees wouldn't want to admit it, ZDS did not at any time own Heathkit or any of the other product groups. ZDS was a separate company that was housed in the Heath Company building, and shared several support groups with the other companies. Somewhere along the way, a new group was added to the Heath Company which made lighting and security products, and they did business under the Heath/Zenith and Reflex names."
Anthony