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May 1960 Radio-Electronics
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Wax nostalgic about and learn from the history of early electronics.
See articles from Radio-Electronics,
published 1930-1988. All copyrights hereby acknowledged.
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Three of the most popular topics
for comics back in the day when these appeared in Radio-Electronics magazine
were stereo system fanatics, the battle between television owners and servicemen,
and the notion that electronics product sales people were a bunch of charlatans.
The comic on page 98 is pretty funny, although it might be considered somewhat unacceptable
by today's easily offended population. Seeing the
telephone number with a two-letter prefix (e.g., Rick and Lucy Ricardo's MUrray
Hill5-9975 meant their number was M[6]U[8]5-9975) reminded me of the webpage I found
explaining the system. In 1957, standard dial telephones did not have a number with
"Q" on it (prefix in the comic is "EQ"), but was added to the "7" button on touch
tone phones to facilitate entering names via
DTMF
encoding. It mentions that many users opposed the elimination of the prefixes and
going to all numbers, including two organized groups - the
Anti-Digit Dialing League and the
Committee of Ten Million
to Oppose All-Number Calling. Coalitions of concerned citizens for every conceivable
issue has been around for a long time.
Electronics-Themed Comics
"Takes a while to warm up."
Page 85
"Friends, do you see a double image on your TV Screens? Call
EQ 0-0001 for expert TV repair."
Page 98
"This must be the place."
Page 121
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.
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