Original Betalert 10B Advertising Flier

Here is a scan of the original one-page Betalert 10B advertising flier.   (Or is it "flyer"?)

This is the sort of thing that would have been handed out at trade shows, put into distributor's or representative's sales binders, or mailed out to prospective buyers.  I was proud as a peacock when these were first printed and showed up at work.  I "appropriated" a dozen or so as souvenirs.  But now I'm down to one of these after one of my attic-cleaning binges a few years ago.  But one is all anyone would need, right?

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NOTE:  I am not the copyright holder of the two images above.  They were originally published by Beta Products in the 1986 timeframe.  When Beta Products was bought by Hathaway Process Instrumentation a year or two later, the copyright transferred to them.  I'm not sure who bought Hathaway, but I'm reasonably certain that the copyrights have expired.

Introduction to this Blog

I am the designer of the Betalert 10B, which I designed more than 20 years ago.  This blog is a labor of love for me and I hope it serves as a combination user’s group, fan club, and historical record.

But I am realistic.  I don’t expect that this blog will suddenly create a huge demand for Betalert 10B units.  I don’t expect people will suddenly start using them.  Heck, I’m not even sure any of them exist any more!  But the Betalert 10B was my first real design, the first one I did completely on my own, and I feel a sense of paternity towards it.  Just like a father might go looking for a child he hasn’t seen in 20 years, I am looking for Betalert 10B units. 

Please feel free to email me of any information at all that you have concerning Betalert 10B units.  You can tell me that you saw one operating at a coal-fired power plant in Minnesota.  You can tell me that you saw one at a garage sale in Nebraska.  You can tell me that you saw one being used as a wheel chock on a 747 in an aviation graveyard in the desert.  I don’t care.  I just want to hear stories about whatever became of my baby.

You can email me at:  BL10B@yahoo.com

In the blog entries to come, I hope to give provide:

• A brief history of how the Betalert 10B came to be
• Whatever technical information I can get my hands on (schematics, firmware snippits, etc.)
• Sales literature
• Whatever else I can think of to say about them.

DISCLAIMER

(I hate disclaimers, but in this overly litigious age we live in, I feel I must protect myself.  My apologies up front.) 

I assume no legal, financial, or any other responsibility for anything concerning the Betalert 10B or any information about it that I present here.  I designed it while in the employ of Beta Products and I retained no rights or obligations to the design or the units themselves.  This is simply a labor of love for me.