Wax nostalgic about and learn from the history of early electronics.
See articles from Radio-Electronics,
published 1930-1988. All copyrights hereby acknowledged.
These three electronics-themed
comics appeared in the February 1953 issue of Radio-Electronics magazine.
The first one showing the television repairman employing a contortionist technique
in order to tweak the picture is pretty good. I have seen an advertisement in one
of these magazines offering a deflection coil alignment signal generator box that
had a mirror mounted inside the cover specifically for doing the job that tech is
doing in the comic. Another comic no doubt hit home with in-home servicemen of the
day; at least the owner was honest. The other plays off a brand of humor common
in the day that demonstrated the public's fascination with all the newfangled technology
showing up every day.
Comics
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"We didn't want to bother you with minor adjustments so we tinkered with it until now it just won't work at all!" Page 88
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These Technically-Themed Comics Appeared in Vintage Electronics Magazines. I
personally scanned and posted every one from copies I own (and even colorized some).
275 pages as of 5/13/2026.
RF Cafe began life in 1996 as "RF Tools"
in an AOL screen name web space totaling 2 MB. Its primary purpose was to provide
me with ready access to commonly needed formulas and reference material while performing
my work as an RF system and circuit design engineer. The World Wide Web (Internet)
was largely an unknown entity at the time and bandwidth was a scarce commodity.
Dial-up modems blazed along at 14.4 kbps while tying up your telephone line,
and a lady's voice announced "You've Got Mail" when a new message arrived...
