[Boatanchors] Re First American Transistor Radio Sold

Sat, 29 Mar 2003 23:20:01 -0500

Howard, 	

Yes, AT&T owned the famous Bell Labs. It was 1948, but not that individual. See
the post by Jerry for details. 	

Texas Instruments developed the first IC.	

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From: Howard L Ritter, Jr <[email protected]>
To: Duane Fischer, W8DBF <[email protected]>; [email protected]
Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] Re First American Transistor Radio Sold
Date: Saturday, March 29, 2003 10:20 PM

Without checking Google, let's try: Bell Labs (was AT&T related to Bell?),
Arthur Schawlow, 1948.

--howard n7exn

on 3/29/03 9:52 PM, Duane Fischer, W8DBF at [email protected] wrote:

> 
> 
> Very good! Many of you knew the answer. Texas Instruments developed the four
> transistors used in this set. But AT&T owned a certain lab that invented the
> first transistor.  
> 
> What is the name of the lab and where was it located? 
> 
> What is the name of the person who invented the first transistor?   
> 
> What year?  
> 
> Why was he working on this project to begin with?  
> 
> Finally, who invented the first integrated circuit? 
> 
> Duane W8DBF 
> 
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