http://www.hp.com/hpinfo/abouthp/histnfacts/timeline/hist_60s.html On Sun, Oct 3, 2010 at 6:08 PM, John Jensen <jwjensen356@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote: > Re HP (and the medical line), the medical line was originally Sanborn (in > Massachusetts). I believe Sanborn was purchased by HP in the early 60s. > > John > > --- On *Sun, 10/3/10, Don Williams <dwilli10@xxxxxxx>* wrote: > > > From: Don Williams <dwilli10@xxxxxxx> > > Subject: [rollei_list] Re: OT: It's Coming Around Again > To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Date: Sunday, October 3, 2010, 3:24 PM > > > At 01:08 AM 10/3/2010, you wrote: > > http://www.rickbucich.com/blog/2010/07/remembering-siliconfilm.html > > http://www.visualimpressions.com/Digital_Film.pdf > > Jim > > On Oct 2, 2010, at 8:22 PM, Eric Goldstein wrote: > > > Jerry I'm waiting for someone to market "digital film." With a bit of > > a stretch of the lexicon, you could say that it is already in use in > > the medical imaging arena... > > > > > > Eric Goldstein > > > > -- > > > I have a very vague recollection of that silicon-film writeup, but am > pretty sure I have actually bought memory cards with the label "Digital > Film" on them. Not sure which format or who made them. I suppose that name > had already been copyrighted by someone so it only appeared for a short > time. The idea of a "Drop-in" digital replacement for 35mm cartridges was > pursued by more than one company but I don't think any of them got past the > prototype, or even the mock-up stages. > > In the medical arena, I have no idea what it's called, but for at least > 10-12 years my X-rays have all been digital, (except in small practices), > and I have been able to get CD's of the images for my own curiosity and also > to pass on to new docs as I have moved from the San Diego area to > Mid-Oklahoma. > > I sometimes send them to friends, who seriously dislike seeing them, not > sure why. I can recognize my own chest and can even recognize my lungs > based on a scar created by Valley Fever about 20 years ago. My chest looks > somewhat like a barbed wire fence plus a lot of wiring and electrical > leads. > > I believe that most of the X-rays are now made using equipment that is > manufactured by newer companies, I hardly ever see Pickett or Triplett > (Triplett was mostly industrial X-ray systems anyhow). > > It's sad to realize that my favorite electronics instrument company, HP, > has sold their medical equipment business to Phillips. > > Back to the main subject, I am sure that around here somewhere there are > memory cards that have the words "Digital Film" as part of the nomenclature. > > DAW > > -- Peter K Ó¿Õ¬