Re: [EE]:: Astounding - 244 page anecdotal history as told by employees up till 2007 [BLACKHOLE]

Very nice! I liked how they demonstrated how the planar process reduced
die contamination by spitting on it. Also read of Hamilton Electro Sales.
I bought a LOT of stuff from them. Back then, early 1970s, sales people
from Hamilton, Amp Special Industries, TAW Capacitor, and lost of other
companies would come visit. Their car trunks were full of databooks. We
had shelves and shelves of semiconductor and other databooks. I also got
Electronic Engineering Times, Electronic Design, and Electronic Design
News on genuine paper. The archive you posted also mentioned the Wescon
show which alternated between San Francisco and Anaheim CA. I went every
year to see what was new (and get more databooks!).

The document you posted is largely a description of a bunch of files. It
would be great if there were publicly available links to each, but I have
not found them.

Thanks!

Harold
https://w6iwi.org


On Thu, November 27, 2025 7:39 am, RussellMc wrote:
> 240 pages !!  Immensely interesting (I say :-) )
> Why is this under [EE]? --> Skim it.
> Some relevant stuff can learned, along with much else
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> https://archive.computerhistory.org/resources/access/text/2012/10/1027465
> 15-05-01-acc.pdf
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