a neat doc about the japanese electronics industry
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skippy1969
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Actually, it's a four segment series:=ml= said:
It appears to be one segment of a 3 part series:
Part 1 - Birth of The Transistor
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihkRwArnc1k
Part 2 - Circuits in stone
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGRNXmWng3M
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A VIDEO HISTORY OF JAPAN'S ELECTRONIC INDUSTRY: Rebuilding a Nation's Technology (1992) <131 ~ 134> (produced by NHK)
131 PART 1 - BIRTH OF THE TRANSISTOR 45 min - Currently Available For Loan
This film describes the history of transistor development in both the U.S. and Japan, recounting how the United States focused on the creation and development of the transistor, and how Japanese engineers caught up step by step despite tough internal conditions and repeated failures.
132 PART 2 - ELECTRONIC CIRCUITS IN STONE 45 min - Currently Available For Loan
This film describes the intense effort of both U.S. and Japanese engineers to develop the integrated circuit.
133 PART 3 - THE CALCULATOR WARS 45 min - Currently Available For Loan
This film traces the mini calculator competition in Japan and looks at how "The Calculator Wars" contributed to the advancement of Japanese semi-conductor technology.
134 PART 4 - THE TECHNOLOGICAL GIANT OF THE MICRON WORLD 45 min - Currently Available For Loan
This film shows the development both in Japan and the United States of the peripheral technology that supports the semiconductor industry.
Part 4 - The Technological Giant of the Micron World
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G40YwOg0_B8
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Without the developments in ICs technology for calculators, we wouldn't have computers!
I collect the early handheld calculators from the 1970-1972 era when quality was super high. Overall, I think Sharp & Panasonic maintained the best quality during this period. Sanyo also made a quality calculator. From 1973, calculators were mass produced and the complexity and build quality dropped.
You think boomboxes were expensive, I've got a Panasonic calculator from 1972 that cost more than a months wages at the time: Fully hand assembled with a Reed magnetic switch key board, gold plated terminals etc, etc, etc! After 42 years of regular use, my Panasonic 850 calculator still looks new and works perfectly:
I collect the early handheld calculators from the 1970-1972 era when quality was super high. Overall, I think Sharp & Panasonic maintained the best quality during this period. Sanyo also made a quality calculator. From 1973, calculators were mass produced and the complexity and build quality dropped.
You think boomboxes were expensive, I've got a Panasonic calculator from 1972 that cost more than a months wages at the time: Fully hand assembled with a Reed magnetic switch key board, gold plated terminals etc, etc, etc! After 42 years of regular use, my Panasonic 850 calculator still looks new and works perfectly:
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Funny how they document the development of the cold cathode device in the US and Japan yet overlook the actual invention of it in the UK some years earlier, but that's what we get for not actually using it in any consumer ready devices while two years after that first transistor radio had already gone on sale in Japan. Always the bridesmaid, etc. 
I like these old calculators too, I have a mint Commodore with its original packaging and cool blue fluorescent display:
Like many of these things at that age, he still works perfectly but rarely comes out of the box as I don't want to risk taking the lid flap beyond its elastic limit.
I like these old calculators too, I have a mint Commodore with its original packaging and cool blue fluorescent display:
Like many of these things at that age, he still works perfectly but rarely comes out of the box as I don't want to risk taking the lid flap beyond its elastic limit.
No different than when anyone talks about the flight of passenger jets...Beosystem10 said:
The Boeing 707 was not the first but always gets the credit while the DeHavilland Comet gets overlooked.
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