Admiral history questions

[zeno]

I worked for an Admiral & Zenith dealer from 1970 on. Had to deal with a
lot of Admiral stuff but a few things are bugging me that I cant
remember. I am sure the answers are here.

1) They built a 25" solid state chassis that looked a lot like the
dog they put in the 13-17 & 19" sets with one big exception.
It was clean, fairly reliable, a pleasure to work on & gave a
decent but average picture. Not to be confused with the super
rare chassis with stand-up boards used in 19" & maybe 25" sets.
Anyone remember the chassis # ?. I think it was M30 or M35.
Sounds crazy but I just gotta know.

2) I was told by our sales rep Pat Cacamo that Admiral beat Maggie
to market with a true RAT set. If true this would knock the star
system out of its assumed first ever place. I also read this
somewhere but cant find anything on it now. If they did it
must have been limited distribution, never saw it in the line
folders or OEM manuals. Anyone know more on this ??

73 Zeno