[NJARC] Happy Birthday!

[john ruccolo]

Hi Al, 

You give me too much credit -- actually I was making a
joke (albeit a dumb one). 

As a dedicated NJARC member, I REFUSE to recognize the
existence of solid-state devices! Except, of course,
for germanium diodes (useful for xtal sets and other
homebrews) and silicon diodes (useful for replacing
big, hot running, power-wasting rectifier tubes).

But, seriously, folks, the development of the
transistor and the integrated ckt is fascinating in
its own right. Recently found a book from 1963 called
"Microelectronics." One chapter on ICs was written by
Gordon Moore, of Moore's Law fame (and one of the
founders of Intel). What a visionary Moore was!

Ever see one of those big, old water towers that look
like a giant transistor? I've always been tempted to
climb up and paint "2N209" on the side.

Later,

JR


--- Al Klase <al at ar88.net> wrote:

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> John,
> 
> You're quite right. Young people have no concept of
> the transistor. They 
> are aware of integrated circuits, but, of course,
> THEY all operate on 
> the FM principle.
> 
> Al
> 
> 
> john ruccolo wrote:
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> > Hi Dave,
> >
> > What's a "transistor?"
> >
> > JR
> >
> > --- Dave Sica <davesica at juno.com> wrote:
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> >> Visit our web site - See http://www.njarc.org
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> >> The Transistor is now 60 years old.
> >>
> >> Sixty years ago, on Dec. 16, 1947, three
> physicists,
> >> William Shockley,
> >> John Bardeen and William Brattain at Bell
> >> Laboratories in Murray Hill,
> >> N.J., built the world's first transistor.
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