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Old 11-17-2022, 02:09 PM   #850 (permalink)
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My parents had a Radar Range. I did not know this:
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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.
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