What ever happend to .. Heathkit, Polaroid, Packard-Bell, etc?

[mike_s]

You're close - product is still sold under the Compaq name.

Go back a few more years.

DEC? they got bought by Compaq several years back?

(DEC = Digital Equipment Corporation if anyone is wondering...)

 

[Jax]

Here's a similar list: The 50 Worst Gadgets of the Decade

I have to confess I've owned several of them...lol

Whoa . . . glad I missed that boat!

 

[diversteve]

DEC? they got bought by Compaq several years back?

(DEC = Digital Equipment Corporation if anyone is wondering...)

That's it...

on January 26, 1998, what remained of the company (including Digital's multivendor global services organization and customer support centers) was sold to Compaq, which was acquired by Hewlett-Packard in 2002.

At least my pension was fully vested before it happened..