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Things You Don't See Anymore Part 3

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An early 1970s version of the Moog 3-Series synthesizer

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When I was in college we had a synthesizer course. First semester was the Moog, but we had three banks of keys, and two whole walls of switches/dials. Second semester was the DX-7.
 
One of these days we're all gonna have to sit down and debate who came up the better stuff...K-Tel or Ron Popeil? :D
Um, they are connected i--their history is intertwined.
Philip Kives started K-Tel, but licensed/bought/etc with Ron Popeil (Ronco) and his father.

So sometimes you saw something on US TV advertised as being from Ronco--and in Canada by K-Tel, etc