When did On30 or On 2 1/2 begin.

HOexplorer Nov 5, 2014

  1. HOexplorer

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    Always been curious about what is the perceived beginning of On30. A year would be nice, and who were the first folks we may have heard of in this scale. Thanks, Jim
     
  2. BoxcabE50

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    It goes back to at least the time just after WWII. Maybe early 1950's. I wonder if it actually even had a "name" back then? The first time I ever knew it existed was an article, I believe in RMC, about forty years ago.
     
  3. HOexplorer

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    Thanks Box, When did Bachmann enter from stage right? Jim
     
  4. BoxcabE50

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    Argh. I don't recall the exact year Bachmann entered the market. But much like what the effects on N were of N-Trak, Kadee and the mail order discounters, when the public caught on to the ease of availability, that is when On30 really took off. It was about fifteen years ago.
     

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