[Boatanchors] Texas Instruments and the First Transistor Radio

[Peter Markavage]

Here's the history and lots of other info on the Regency TR-1:
http://people.msoe.edu/~reyer/regency/

Pete, wa2cwa

On Fri, 24 Mar 2006 11:33:55 -0800 (PST) Bob Scupp <k5sep at yahoo.com>
writes:
> Ken and Everyone-
> 
> Boatanchors is probably as good a place as any to post
> this. Ken probably knows this but it is a matter of
> radio historical fact. Regency came out with the first
> transistor radio in December, 1954. It sold for $49.95
> (that's 1950's dollars). Their sub-contractor who
> provided the semiconductors, completed printed circuit
> board assembly and I believe completed production
> units was Texas Instruments.
> 
> Hope this is of interest to the Boatanchor
> subscribers.
> 
> Bob K5SEP
> 
> >From Ken Hickman N5CM-
> 
> >Complicating life was the introduction of screen
> >reading software I helped to write way back when
> >with TI.