Thought you guys might appreciate this- few things combine my love of punch card computing and Radaranges more than this.... Note one was for the Dealer and the other the Distributor. -C
Fines Will Be Levied!!
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danemodsandy
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Achtung!
You WILL register this unit!
I'm guessing this was an FCC compliance issue, not a threat that Amana would levy a fine.
You WILL register this unit!
I'm guessing this was an FCC compliance issue, not a threat that Amana would levy a fine.
So
Kewl
Kewl
tennblondie78
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Wait, what? Why did the federal government force people to register these??
Stephanie, I think Sandy hit it on the head. The FCC wanted to know where these units would be in the early days. A microwave oven does radiate RF energy which could cause interference to other services. Try locating a WiFi router on channel 6 next to a microwave! It is a bit odd though since the frequency used by microwave ovens falls into the ISM band which were established in 1947 so there wasn't much that RF heating devices could interfere with.
Cory, any idea of the vintage of those cards? Late 70's??
Cory, any idea of the vintage of those cards? Late 70's??
I remember my Woodwards Dept store cc bill used to be a punch card and so were the BC Tel phone bills back in the 70's. Always had a warning not to fold or staple
Yep, essentially these are self-contained radio transmitters and I assume the FCC wanted to know about sales/location. Also note the question about whether the Distributor will be servicing the unit.
Based on the model number on the top of the card (RR-9) I'd peg these as 1976/77.
Based on the model number on the top of the card (RR-9) I'd peg these as 1976/77.
whirlcool
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I always thought those registration cards were used to send you junk mail advertising for the company. On one of them I intentionally misspelled my name in within 30 days I was getting tons of it in the mail with the misspelled name! So we never send them in.
firedome
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cool reg cards!
however you might not be so enamored of 80 column punch cards if you'd been a programmer back in the '70s punching out 3" thick card decks for submission to the main-frame operators...no such thing as WiteOut for a miss-punched hole!
however you might not be so enamored of 80 column punch cards if you'd been a programmer back in the '70s punching out 3" thick card decks for submission to the main-frame operators...no such thing as WiteOut for a miss-punched hole!
danemodsandy
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Roger:
I remember those days well - my first experience with computer anything was IBM mainframe using Hollerith (keypunch) cards.
The greatest advance in computing was not Eniac. It was not random-access memory. It was not even the first Pentium chip.
IT WAS THE DAMN BACKSPACE KEY!
I remember those days well - my first experience with computer anything was IBM mainframe using Hollerith (keypunch) cards.
The greatest advance in computing was not Eniac. It was not random-access memory. It was not even the first Pentium chip.
IT WAS THE DAMN BACKSPACE KEY!
kenmoreguy89
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LOL! LOL! LOL!
kenmoreguy89
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Davey! Ahahah!
Well, but finally they started adding "if not by the customer"...anyway that misconception (better say clumsy warning) always cracked me up!
Well, but finally they started adding "if not by the customer"...anyway that misconception (better say clumsy warning) always cracked me up!
Roger, even worse is a card jam! I'm (slowly) restoring an IBM 83 sorter and at 1000 cards per minute in my non-humidity controlled shop, things can get exciting!
