Tube Dreams

Bill Turner wrt at ESKIMO.COM
Sun Jan 4 19:58:56 EST 1998


On Sat, 3 Jan 1998 18:34:59 -0800, Gary Pewitt <gpewitt at EXECPC.COM>
wrote:

>Anyone ever speculate about how tubes might have developed if
>transistors had never been invented?  
<snip>
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You have some interesting thoughts there, Gary.  I often wonder just
the opposite, though.  What if transistors had been invented first?
Would tubes have EVER been invented?  And how far along would solid
state technology be if it were 90 years old instead of 50?  Now,
there's a thought.....

73, Bill W7TI

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