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 Are you old enough to remember when
Reader Service Cards
were inserted into the binding of magazines? One of these circa 1969 tech-themed comics
has the husband anxiously telling his wife to hurry and send in a Reader Service Card
for his radio system that was spewing parts. The fact is that was not the purpose of
Reader Service Cards; they were for getting product information, not for requesting repairs
or replacement parts. Reader Service Cards were the old world version of website URLs
and QR (quick response)
scan codes seen in contemporary print ads. Each advertisement in the magazine had a Reader
Service Number printed on it, so you would take your pen and draw circles around the
matching numbers on the Reader Service card, then mail it to the publisher.
Electronics-Themed Comics
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April 1969 Electronics World
Table of Contents
Wax nostalgic about and learn from the history of early electronics. See articles
from
Electronics World, published May 1959
- December 1971. All copyrights hereby acknowledged.
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"Homework...? Fourth Grade...?"
April 1969 Electronics World
(p63)
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May 1969 Electronics World
Table of Contents
Wax nostalgic about and learn from the history of early electronics. See articles
from
Electronics World, published May 1959
- December 1971. All copyrights hereby acknowledged.
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"Quick, Circle number 977JB on the Reader Service Card!"
May
1969 Electronics World (p82)
"It's your wife, again, with her nasty ultrasonic voice."
May
1969 Electronics World (p86)
Posted February 15, 2018
These Technically-Themed Comics Appeared in Vintage Electronics Magazines:
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