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

I remember the First time a salesman showed me a datasheet on a tablet, I
think an early iPad.
Within a year or two most Datasheets for the PIC and other devices started
to be available in PDF and I bought my first Android Tablet.
Now I can't live without one and am now on my 5th tablet. I do all my
reading, even for my leisure and hobby. and have numerus design tools and
calculators on them too.

Cheers
Chris

On Thu, Nov 27, 2025 at 8:40 PM Harold Hallikainen <[email protected]>
wrote:

> 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
> >
> >
> >
> >
> https://archive.computerhistory.org/resources/access/text/2012/10/1027465
> > 15-05-01-acc.pdf
> >
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