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Summary of Memorex History: How a Tech Pioneer Turned Into a Basic Brand

  • Memorex is best known today as a maker of blank media and consumer electronics, but it was also Silicon Valley’s first startup, launched by former Ampex employees in 1961.
  • The company faced many struggles throughout its history—particularly legal battles with IBM—and went through many mergers and offshoots, most notably as a brand of Radio Shack owner Tandy.
  • The original company (without the consumer products element), shut down in 1996. But the brand survives as something of a ghost kitchen of cheap gadgets—a label people recognize, but not much else.

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Ernie Smith
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Hunting for the end of the long tail @readtedium. Also: Run @NewsletterNerds, work @manifest_agency, words @motherboard, started @ShortFormBlog. Internet lifer.
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The dull side of the internet. An internet history newsletter by @ShortFormErnie. Hunting for the end of the long tail. Seen on @motherboard and @atlasobscura.
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Memorex felt it would be able to solve the tape-manufacturing challenges by building a highly automated clean-room environment, an idea borrowed from the pharmaceutical field.
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