4 Feb
2010
4 Feb
'10
12:54 p.m.
On Wed, 3 Feb 2010, dwight elvey wrote:
Altair shut them down before any of these were ever
shipped. At least,
that is what I've heard from several sources. When that advertisement was
released, they hadn't even created a single production unit. All were still
prototype levels. They were waiting to see what volume they needed before
ordering boards.
A time-honored tradition in the electronic instrumentation field. My
father was lead engineer for Panoramic Corp. (swept spectrum analyzers)
in the early 60s. He had many stories about mockup units with knobs glued
to the front panel that were built solely to guage interest at trade
shows. This probably dates back to the horse and buggy, when you get
right down to it.
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