14 Feb
2008
14 Feb
'08
12:50 p.m.
As a user of the devices, the MIT
team developed methods for testing and characterizing components and
rejecting the components most likely to fail early. This knowledge
fed back to the manufacturers to the point where the manufacturers
started doing their own testing and QA of their components. According
to the book, this was the first systematic attempt at characterizing
these sorts of components (tubes) in any meaningful way.
I hope no oldtimers from Western Electric read this book. Or the
military. Or RCA. Or Sylvania.
--
Will