Bell and Howell "Digital Video Presentation" system

[Chuck Guzis]

On 10/19/2005 at 11:34 PM Jim Battle wrote:

>No, you are thinking of DeVry, which Bell & Howell owned for a time.
>
>Here is a short history:
>
>http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/2567.html

Ah, but that's the problem with online historical documents--they tend to
omit things.  Around the mid-70's, deVry was rebadged as "Bell and Howell
Institute", but the name didn't stick:

http://www.buffalotelecom.com/cat_index_2.shtml
http://www.martinsvillebulletin.com/Archive/2003/Jan%20'03/j011003.htm
http://www.cadillacnews.com/obit_archive/2004/07/07-10-04/obit02.html
http://getfilings.com/o0001086715-05-000023.html

Either that, or these folks are padding their resumés.

Anyone remember the B&H reel-to-reel tape recorders from the late 60's that
sounded like a jet engine revving up when the autothread mechanism was
activated?

Cheers,
Chuck