15 Aug
1999
15 Aug
'99
8:53 a.m.
I wrote:
Memory wasn't the only part of early computers
that used special and somewhat
bizarre electron tubes.
William Donzelli <aw288(a)osfn.org> wrote:
The lights ("blinkenlights") on some early
machines (and even a few not
so early machines) were tiny tubes, as well. A bit more simple than a CRT...
Yes, but those weren't particularly "bizarre". They were just common
incandescent bulbs.