w-k were a manufacturer of electronic test gear.
first encountered as a meter at uni
did we larff......
"can i borrow your wanker?"
Here are some lovely ones:
ONAN make generators and heaters for trucks, now wonderfully amalgamated
www.cumminsonan.com/
my favourite used to be named siemens control systems, now www.build.co.uk/company_395512.htm look at the location.
Yes they did answer the phone that way, at least in 1985, friend rang me at work (then just started there so I know the date) and said ring this number, don`t laugh. "siemens staines"
Pure chance, before the interwebs if you wanted a data sheet on a chip you rang the maker, unfortunately Siemens fumbled the catch and the switchboard didn`t manage to connect him to siemens electronic devices, but gave him the DDI to there instead
(, Sun 8 Feb 2009, 12:52, Reply)