My parents had a Radar Range. I did not know this:
Quote:
https://www.retromobe.com › 2017 › 06 › raytheon-radarange-worlds-first.html
Raytheon Radarange - the world's first microwave oven (1947)
Sold under the "Amana" name (a Raytheon subsidiary) the countertop Radarange was a similar size to ones today and sold for the equivalent of $4000. Late 1960s domestic Amana Radarange Over the next decades the microwave oven became more efficient, added more features and most importantly it became much cheaper.
|
It cost them as much as a car? I bought one 2nd hand a few decades ago for prolly $50.