People in "Silicon Valley" have an
unfortunate habit of discounting
technology
that was was created before there was a "Silicon Valley".
The same is true for networking people and what was around before ARPAnet.
There is an active group at CHM working on documenting
semiconductor
history.
Is there any liason between this CHM group and the Tube Collector
Association? We in the TCA have been branching out into early
semiconductors for a few years now (but generally not ICs).
--
Will