IP: more on Philo T. Farnsworth and the birth of television

[Dave Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: nrsinowitz () att net
Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2002 18:46:06 +0000
To: farber () cis upenn edu
Subject: Re: IP: Philo T. Farnsworth and the birth of television

Dave,

Nor did IBM invent the stored program controlled
computer -- they just got rich from it.

David Sarnoff, who was my uncle Bernard's first cousin,
was a visionary.  He used to come home and tell the
family about this new gizmo that would sit in everyone's
living-room someday, and would show pictures that were
broadcast remotely like radio.  The family thought he
was nuts.

(BTW, Sarnoff, as a very young man, also happened to be
the telegraph operator who was on duty when the distress
calls started coming in from the Titanic.)

Norm

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