04-09-2023, 09:17 AM
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(or someone else discovered and RCA took credit for it like they usually do)
A friend of mine, he is in his late 80s now, started his career in RCA, in TV division, still under Sarnoff watch.
He had over 100 patents to his name while in there.
One of his patents (they started microchips back then, and he was working on them) was current mirror in AC mode (prior to that it was thought to function only in DC). According to him, RCA made in excess of tens of millions of dollars in royalties alone.
He was given a $200 check.
And their raider-style dealing with Fessenden is a well-known story.
Which does not make them any less of a great company. The same friend admits it was a good place to work.
(or someone else discovered and RCA took credit for it like they usually do)
A friend of mine, he is in his late 80s now, started his career in RCA, in TV division, still under Sarnoff watch.
He had over 100 patents to his name while in there.
One of his patents (they started microchips back then, and he was working on them) was current mirror in AC mode (prior to that it was thought to function only in DC). According to him, RCA made in excess of tens of millions of dollars in royalties alone.
He was given a $200 check.
And their raider-style dealing with Fessenden is a well-known story.
Which does not make them any less of a great company. The same friend admits it was a good place to work.
People who do not drink, do not smoke, do not eat red meat will one day feel really stupid lying there and dying from nothing.
