Re: Packard Bell, was: Re: Eee PC hands on?

2008-01-11 Thread Jerry Feldman
On Fri, 11 Jan 2008 09:04:42 -0500 (EST) Ric Werme <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hmm. I don't recall their radio days, but in 1962 they produced computers. > The Packard Bell 250 used a magnetorestrictive delay line memory (basically > audio pulsed running around many turns of stiff wire). If I

Packard Bell, was: Re: Eee PC hands on?

2008-01-11 Thread Ric Werme
Jerry Feldman wrote: > On Wed, 9 Jan 2008 16:09:07 -0500 > "Ben Scott" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Packard Bell? *Packard Bell*? > It is a common practice to acquire brands. Actually, the original > Packard Bell manufactured radios and was acquired in the 1960s. The PC > company of ill re