On Sat, 19 Oct 2013 21:10:15 +0100, Stephen wrote:

> On 19/10/2013 8:02 PM, Jim Henderson wrote:
>> On Sat, 19 Oct 2013 11:54:24 +0100, Orchid Win7 v1 wrote:
>>
>>>> Nope, Honeywell is a Minnesota-based company, in fact - I went to
>>>> middle school ("Jr. High" as we called it then) near one of their
>>>> manufacturing plants.  They make pretty decent thermostats.
>>>
>>> Mmm, OK.
>>>
>>> Is it true they once made computational devices? Because that seems
>>> like a pretty random product combination - heating systems and
>>> computers...
>>
>> Yep, they did/do.  They're a technology company, but the consumer
>> products most people run into are thermostats.
>>
>>
> My first real job was with Honeywell, testing PCBs for the H 316.
> 
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honeywell_316

Now you mention it, I think you'd mentioned that before. :)  They have/
had locations all over the place - I've got a friend in Arizona who 
worked for them there as well - about 30 years ago.

Jim

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