Post #2244308
2023-12-30 18:23 UTC
@tubetime@mastodon.social reminds me of the Robert Symons quote in this piece on cold-cathode traveling wave tubes:
“If the transistor had been invented first, the vacuum tube would have been invented immediately afterwards.”
https://spectrum.ieee.org/the-quest-for-the-ultimate-vacuum-tube#toggle-gdpr
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@pcbeard@sfba.social 2023-12-30 20:15
@karabaic@mastodon.social @tubetime@mastodon.social what a great read. Reminds me of my childhood neighbor who spent all his time building HeathKits.