On Monday, December 23, 2002, at 01:41 PM, ben franchuk wrote:
In this day of
special holidays, we must remember today's most
important
celebration ... the transistor, in 1947 (IIRC?).
Merry Transistor Day,
Long live the triode ... 96 years and still going strong
in hi-end audio.
Woohoo! :-)
But really with with out Intel developing the 1k x 1
dynamic
memory and programable uv memory computers would have never taken off.
Oh c'mon, Ben...they had taken off quite well by then, they were
just...a bit larger. ;)
-Dave
--
Dave McGuire "She's a cheek pincher. I have scars."
St. Petersburg, FL -Gary Nichols