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Krown Research / Krown Manufacturing Note - Looking for more info
to add to this section. If you were involved with the company
The above ad appeared in the TDI 2nd
annual Conference program book - 1977
Krown Research Porta-Printer II in wood grain
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Krown Research Porta-Printer II in
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KROWN MANUFACTURING SEES CONTINUED GROWTH The Fort Worth (Texas) Business Press recently profiled Krown Manufacturing, a longtime maker of alarm clocks, alarm system accessories and phone devices for the deaf. Sid and Barbara Ander, who are both deaf, founded the company as Compu-TTY Inc. in 1982 after moving from New York to Texas three years earlier and finding "nothing available for the deaf and hearing impaired." In 1995, they bought California-based Krown Research, which made the text telephones, and moved the company to Texas. With about a dozen employees and plans to introduce a handheld, pocket-sized American Sign Language dictionary, Krown expects continued growth. Marketing and sales director Bryan Davis said he saw a young person with music blaring from tiny earphones and thought, "I'll see you in about 20 years."
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From the Zimet/Black Collection at SMECC Photo C-SMECC
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In
1975
Krown Research
introduced
the world's
first
portable
printing
TDD - the
PORTA-PRINTER.™
In
1977
Krown Research
introduced
the world's
first
microprocessor-controlled
TDD -
the PORTA-PRINTER
II.™
In
1980 Krown Research
introduces
the
world's first completely
portable
Display and Printer combination - the
PORTA-PRINTER
III.™
Features
include:
HARD
COPY - Printout
using readily
available paper - no ink or ribbon.
SOFT COPY - Large,
easy-to-read
green
character display.
TOTAL
PORTABILITY - Battery
operated - only
5 lbs.
KEYBOARD
MEMORY - Type
over
60 wpm with our keyboard
buffer.
THIRD
GENERATION MACHINE
- Our
fifth year
of service
to the deaf
community.
ONE- YEAR WARRANTY - Parts
and labor
