15 Apr
2005
15 Apr
'05
23:34
The Friday 2005-04-15 at 15:34 -0500, Peter B Van Campen wrote:
We Natives of Illinois like to call our state "The Silicon Prairie". Lots and lots of very cool and innovative stuff has come from Illinois. Schockley, Bratton and Bardeen made the first transistor here as well. Ever seen pictures of that first junction? UGLY!!
At a job I had, we had one of those transistors inside a glass globe, at the entrance to our auditorium. I recognised it at first sight, but I don't know if it was a reproduction or a real, original, one. I thought it was kind of cute :-) -- Cheers, Carlos Robinson