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From: rbl@nitrex.UUCP
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: Old-fart electronics quiz (long)
Message-ID: <512@nitrex.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 10-Aug-87 10:22:20 EDT
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Posted: Mon Aug 10 10:22:20 1987
Date-Received: Wed, 12-Aug-87 04:15:37 EDT
References: <19929@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU> <1901@kitty.UUCP> <504@nitrex.UUCP> <1911@kitty.UUCP>
Reply-To: rbl@nitrex.UUCP ( Dr. Robin Lake )
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In article <1911@kitty.UUCP> larry@kitty.UUCP (Larry Lippman) writes:
>In article <504@nitrex.UUCP>, rbl@nitrex.UUCP ( Dr. Robin Lake ) writes:
> .... deleted for brevity
>
>	Anyone remember the "junk" sold by Olson Electronics during the
>50's and early 60's?   ...
>	I don't know if Olson Electronics is still in business; their
>last store in the Buffalo, NY area closed a few years ago.
>
Olson is still in business in the Cleveland area, selling mostly audio
gear.  No longer peddling the "junk" stuff.  As they were originally
based in Akron, this area was peppered with their outlets.  From an ad
in Friday's paper, it would appear they have taken on the name of a second
company, perhaps the result of a buyout or takeover.

><>  Larry Lippman @ Recognition Research Corp., Clarence, New York

Rob Lake
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