Building 1: Building one was everything at first; administrative, modular test and development, Dr. Hare's office, and even early routers. Burnt down in 1977. One of the things lost was major, all the engineering documentation. Most of the activity that was in building one was moved up to the A-Frame house that the Hare's had lived in.
Building 2: The building was identical to the first, mainly to save time as orders were increasing and lead times were getting longer. Building two became everything switchers. Eventually building two was the model shop for prototypes and technical arts (manual publication).
Building 3: Building three was manufacturing, the machine shop, PCB fab, & Assembly. Hybrids moved and took over all the building three in 1982 after PCB fab and the metal shop was moved to building 9. After PCB fab had left they had to re‐pour the floor of that wing of the building, because the acid used in the etching of the printed circuit boards had eaten away the concrete.
Building 4: Around 1976 building four was built. Production switchers and routers moved to that building after it was completed. It was the stateliest building on the campus and was the center of gravity for the campus for a long time. It made a great initial statement as you drove up through the main entrance. Sadly, today it is closed and not used by the current site occupants due to internal mold issues.
Building 5: Where is it? Building five was built in a hurry after building one burnt down on August 1st, 1977. Buildings 5, 6, and 7 were all metal buildings
Building 7: When this building seven was finished, Friedley moved into the building and his area was nicely carpeted, while the engineering areas in the building were bare concrete. He was asked why this was the case at an all‐hands meeting. He responded because "Engineers are Dirty People." Kind of tone deaf many thought, which went over like a lead balloon. One person acted on it. The next weekend someone brought in thousands of fleas and placed them on the carpet.
Building 8: Building eight was built to replace one after it burnt down. Hybrid engineering and manufacturing started in building 8.
Building 9: Building nine was next actually eight and nine we're practically built concurrently. It was completed in 1982 it was occupied by PSD, along with the machine shop and PCB fab. The company's PCB fab operation was an asset into the 80s as Tektronix was also paying to use it. In 82 it gave the Group an order for 3,200 PCBs for a new product they were producingPCB fab moves first to building nine.Switchers or PSD moved in to 9. Modules moved in also. BSD built routers.
Dr. Hare's house. Hare' left the area in 75. After building one burnt down in 1977. Building one' activities were moved up the here. One of the things lost was major, all the engineering documentation. The company had to reverse engineer all their products to re‐create schematics and other engineering documentation. That set the new 300 project back by almost a year.
