"Non-manufacturers" - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

8 Jan 1999

At 12:53 01/08/99 -0800, Sellam wrote:
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 On Fri, 8 Jan 1999, Christian Fandt wrote:

  Were there many computer companies, if any, who
were not manufacturers but,
 like RCA from around 1921 to 1928, sales-only outfits? I'm thinking of
 pre-PC compatible days, '82 and earlier, because as you know, any major or
 fly-by-night outfit could put their name on a PC nowadays. Also, strictly
 non-PC computer companies are included even up to ten years ago (to keep it
 on classics). Keep it on-topic and change your Subject line if you reply on
 some other on-topic subject. 
Sure, plenty!  I can't think of a whole lot of good examples right now,
but for starters there was Bell & Howell with their "RARE!" black Apple II
models. 
Were those black models part of the equipment one got with the Bell &
Howell mail order computer electronics school? If so, I had not thought of
that type of "non-manufacturer".

--Chris
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