27 Aug
2002
27 Aug
'02
2:14 p.m.
On Tue, 27 Aug 2002, Christopher McNabb wrote:
This type of remote control is also where the term
'clicker' came from.
Uh, I always thought it came from the very early remotes that used a
tone, somewhat like a tuning fork. The audible click _was_ the
actuator. My grandparents' TV would change channels at random if you
rattled the swag-lamp chain just right. I may have gotten a few hidings
behind that....
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