16 Jun
2011
16 Jun
'11
6:02 p.m.
On 2011 Jun 16, at 5:47 PM, Simon Fryer wrote:
RS232 vs Current Loop.
Serial vs. Parallel.
Delay lines vs CRTs.
Valves vs Transistors.
I'll argue with the inclusion of that one in a listing of arguments.
In computing (not talking about audio here) I don't think there was
much debate about valves vs. transistors. Transistors were pretty
quickly embraced for computer hardware when manufacturing and
reliability were sufficient for the application.
Relays vs Valves.