[BC] Didn't That Used to Be the So-&-So Factory?

[Kim Sacks]

I'm going to forward a copy of this to Bill Sacks, he knows quite a bit
about the history of cart machines.
-- 
Kim Sacks, KB3MZX
http://youtube.com/user/RadioCtrlDWife
www.optimod.fm

On 9/11/08, Alan Peterson <alanpeterson at earthlink.net> wrote:
>
> The BE thread here started a train of thought for me that had an unexpected
> conclusion. I mentally ran thru all the BE cart machines I'd ever used, I
> recalled BE's "tiki" motif at an NAB Show some 15 years ago, then skipped
> through my mind to other manufacturers I never hear from anymore and their
> products --- like ITC's totally unintuitive digital cart replacement
> computer thingie from around 1996-97 or so.
>
> Anyway, here's where I ended up: Micro-Trak used to have a facility in
> Holyoke Mass; BE maintained a presence in or around Silver Spring MD; and a
> manufacturing plant in Winchester VA cranked out magnetic tape for Fidelipac
> carts. More recently, Wheatstone was based in Syracuse NY before heading
> south to North Carolina. So what businesses/buildings/parking lots et al now
> stand where these and other titans once held sway? Is there a Starbucks
> counter now where once a milling machine stood, making baseplates for Delta
> cart decks?
>
> My memory might be faulty on some locations and products, so if any of
> y'all live or work near some of these former sites, I'd sure like to know.
>
> Regards,
> Al Peterson
> Radio America Network
>