Oral history interview with Chester Irwin Lappen, 1993 June 10.

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Oral history interview with Chester Irwin Lappen, 1993 June 10.

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After briefly describing his educational background and activities prior to the 1950s, Lappen discusses his association with Telemeter, Telemeter Magnetics, and Dataproducts. Through his work with Mitchell, Silberberg and Knupp, Lappen became involved in the management of Telemeter, a Paramount company that developed a precursor to pay and cable TV. He discusses Telemeter's research and development work including: pay TV; a development contract with the Bank of America for a check sorter; a machine for language translation;

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University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

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