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    • Dark ArcA
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      210 months ago

      The RCA story is really interesting. Technology Connections has a video on it.

      I’m not sure it’s fair to say that they couldn’t afford it, but they couldn’t afford undirected research.

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        10 months ago

        Even if they hadn’t gambled it all away on Videodisc, RCA would have eventually been gutted by venture capital and then the brand sold to a cheap electronics manufacturer anyway.