***Re: [Boatanchors] Re First American Transistor Radio Sold

Sat, 29 Mar 2003 21:53:15 -0700

Thanks Duane,

Many of these articles were done years ago...  actually over 10 years ago!
when we put out a journal called    :VINTAGE ELECTRICS" from the museum ( a
parody on the Hugo Gernsback's MODERN ELECTRICS title).

It was a nice time  to meet some of the pioneers.  I remember pestering John
Bardeen with questions  about his old paper on 'surface effects in
semiconductors'   he was always pleasant and patient  with  me!
Unfortunately these great guys do not live forever...

We even have a great collection relating to the Bell Solar Battery, which is
better known now as  solar cells...

we have  the early pre-production prototypes,  a sub panel as used in
Americus Georgia for the first use of solar batteries to power the P1 rural
carrier system there, and of course the later version  that is closer to
what we now recognize as soar cells as was used on TELSTAR.  We have some
samples produced for TELSTAR, but were rejected if for no other reason  but
they were a little discolored.  It is fun to hook them  up to the VOM and
make them produce power even still!

for some TELSTAR articles go to:

http://www.smecc.org/telstar_photo_album.htm
and follow the links at the top of the page such as...
[ John Pierce / Telstar ] [ A. C. Dickieson ] [ James Early / TELSTAR ] [
Memorabilia / TELSTAR ] [ Telstar Broadcasts ] [ W.J.Bray - UK ] [ K.D.
Smith  Bell Solar Batteries TELSTAR ] [ Eugene O'Niell - TELSTAR ] [
TELSTAR - Joe Meek ]

we still have a lot of material on semiconductors at bell labs as well as
more TELSTAR stuff we need  to load to the site....

Thanks Ed Sharpe archivist for SMECC

Please check our web site at
 http://www.smecc.org
to see other engineering fields, communications and computation stuff we
buy, and by all means  when in Arizona drop in and see us.

address:

 coury house / smecc
5802 w palmaire ave
glendale az 85301

----- Original Message -----
From: "Duane Fischer, W8DBF" <[email protected]>
To: "ed sharpe" <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>
Cc: <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2003 9:26 PM
Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] Re First American Transistor Radio Sold

> Great information Ed, thank you very much for sharing with us.
>
>
> ----------
> From: ed sharpe <[email protected]>
> To: Duane Fischer, W8DBF <[email protected]>; [email protected]
> Cc: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] Re First American Transistor Radio Sold
> Date: Saturday, March 29, 2003 11:22 PM
>
> the first transistor was a type-A  Brattain, Bardeen and Shockley
> however.....
>
> the transistor that was related to  the one that TI made though was the
> M1752 at bell labs... Morgan Sparks ( who was later  to go run white sands
> as I remember)and Gordon Teal were the innovators and Teal left to go to
TI
> and  found their transistor line.
>
> One of the engineers, Ken Smith worked on the m-1752 and is responsible
for
> the massive  bell labs prototype collection we have here at the museum,
> this is perhaps the largest collection of it's type in this area in
> existence. Of course we are interesting  in buying or trading to obtain
> material to further enrich it.
>
> read:
> http://www.smecc.org/k_d__smith.htm
> and follow the links at top of page as are shown below...
>  [ K.D. Smith By Dave Smith ] [ K.D. Smith Memories By J.M. Early ] [ K.D.
> Smith and the Telephone Click Reducer ] [ Kenneth D. Smith By Robert
Ryder ]
> [ The K.D. Smith Collection By Ed Sharpe ]
>
>
> also there is a large group of first hand reporting and also reprints of
> bell labs articles at  http://www.smecc.org/the_transistor.htm
> also follow the links that are on the top of that page such as below.
> [ Sharpe's first transistors! ] [ Phototransistor ] [ Coaxial Transistor ]
> [ Grown Junction Transistors ] [ Testing M-1752's years later! ] [ 1951
> Transistor Symposium ] [ Attending the 1951 Symposium ] [ Duplicating Ma
> Bell's Cooking ] [ K.D. Smith Junction Transistors ] [ Teachers Taught
About
> Transistors ] [ Junction Tetrode Transistor ] [ The Friendly Effect In
Early
> Transistors ] [ Development of Diffusion for Semiconductor Device
> Fabrication ]
>
>
> Have fun and let me know if you have any questions....
>
> Thanks Ed Sharpe archivist for SMECC
>
> Please check our web site at
>  http://www.smecc.org
> to see other engineering fields, communications and computation stuff we
> buy, and by all means  when in Arizona drop in and see us.
>
> address:
>
>  coury house / smecc
> 5802 w palmaire ave
> glendale az 85301
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Duane Fischer, W8DBF" <[email protected]>
> To: <[email protected]>
> Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2003 7:52 PM
> Subject: [Boatanchors] Re First American Transistor Radio Sold
>
>
> >
> >
> > 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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