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This could be done in part, because the equipment was very inexpensive. Not much money was involved in tooling so that basic changes of that type could be accomplished.
How are we doing in the electronics field as opposed to, you know, we hear how advanced the Japanese are? Do you think we're still pretty competitive? Oh, yes.
They're very strong in memory. Didn't do very much in microprocessors or digital signal processing.
Well, it's very dangerous to project, but it's clear that the existing technology has some more years to go.
Well, the big products in electronics in the '50s were radio and television. The first big computers were just beginning to come in and represented the most logical market for us to work in.
The groups that have awarded them are all a little different. It's a little hard to single out any one for that, but I think the dedication of this building would have to go toward the top of the list.
The first calculators tended to sell for $400 or $500. Today, you can get a pretty good one for 4 or $5.
Five years ago, people were crying and feeling the Japanese were about to take over the Earth. I don't hear that kind of talk anymore.
I feel my story has been exercised very thoroughly and very frequently.
I think the varied backgrounds in the beginning were a plus. It took a while for people to understand what they were trying to do and get started, but it did provide for a lot of new ideas.
My own interest developed because I thought it was a fascinating subject and something I wanted to pursue.
Well, the thought that everybody might have a personal computer at their desk or their home was certainly not on the mainstream of anybody's activity at that time.
It's also somewhat in the center of a number of things that will be useful to the company.
