Talk:Hi-Tek Corporation

Year of founding
Where was the year of founding (1967) obtained? The two references do not seem to corroborate the year. It seems plausible, because if NMB TECHNOLOGIES (USA) INC. (C0522946) is the same company (which would loosely fit information from MinebeaMitsumi), then the year of founding would match.

Interesting to see how much you’ve found about Hi-Tek themselves — a lot more than I ever achieved!

Ghiraddje (talk) 21:21, 20 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Google Books makes it very difficult with their irritating snippet view, but you can just about eek out the founding date by searching "Hallerberg" "Hi-Tek" and "established"/"est". I found a better directory listing that squarely shows the whole company's details including the founding date in the snippet.


 * And thanks! I've ran into a handful of Hi-Tek keyboards of various vintages, but didn't really give the company much thought until I realized that their old HQ were within walking distance of me. DigitalIceAge (talk) 23:00, 20 April 2022 (UTC)


 * Ah, you’ve been fighting snippets too … I understand their necessity for copyright reasons, but that does not excuse the buggy behaviour. What is more egregious, however, is scanning volumes or half-volumes at a time and failing to identify which issue a result is from. This complicates the process of getting material scanned in at libraries.
 * I’ll have another dig later. I would prefer not to reference Wikipedia as you’ve already referenced my site and that is awkwardly circular! (Not that my site is a good reference candidate as it’s only my notes and they are prone to changing as I correct mistakes.)
 * Funny, as Cherry’s former UK sites (except Dunstable) are within easy walking distance of where I live.
 * Ghiraddje (talk) 11:50, 21 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Ah I take it you're . You're site is great, and I've uploaded all the public domain photographs you've taken (and many more) from Deskthority to Commons.
 * Since you've had a WP account for a while you might be eligible for the Wikipedia Library, which provides access to Gale and ProQuest for free. I rely on them constantly for writing articles on old computer stuff, although the cutoff date for abstract/full-text coverage seems to start around 1980...
 * I know exactly the binded volume problem you're describing; it's a PITA when writing citations. I really hope Google inks a deal with these publishers in the not-too-distant future so they can release these old journals for free. I've come across stacks of old electronics magazines at the flea market thinking I've come across some long-lost publication, only to find Google scanned it years ago and locked it behind snippet view. I don't want to have to wait til I'm decrepit before they enter the PD. DigitalIceAge (talk) 18:42, 21 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Yes that is me, although like you, I do not identify myself under my Wikipedia account. I am going to curtail any further conversation here as this is not an appropriate forum for private correspondence :)
 * Ghiraddje (talk) 20:30, 21 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Oops! Redacted your name. I can ask to have my edit revdel'd if you want. DigitalIceAge (talk) 20:36, 21 April 2022 (UTC)
 * It’s no big deal … not even if you left my name there. Ghiraddje (talk) 21:01, 21 April 2022 (UTC)