[TenTec] Prices

[Dr. Gerald N. Johnson]

On 4/19/2010 2:38 PM, Rsoifer at aol.com wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> As a relief from all this serious stuff on the T-T reflector, if you're as
> old as I am you may remember that when Collins brought out the KWM-2 in
> 1959, it  was priced at $1150 excluding mic and power supply.  According to the
>   Bureau of Labor Statistics web site, CPI inflation would bring that to
> $8600  today, or just about double the base price of the Orion II.
>
> Of course, Collins had no problems with firmware :-)

Not in that product, but Art dumped too much into a message routing 
computer design over the next decade and a half that he lost control of 
the company, having to sell to Rockwell because the banks wouldn't loan 
him any more money for anything. Rockwell bought the company for the 
price of one year's gross sales. Cheap for a high tech company.
>
> 73 Ray W2RS
>
>
73, Jerry, K0CQ