SBC6120 (a build-it-yourself PDP-8 clone) grammer checked

[Stan Barr]

Hi,

Tony Duell said:
> > my experience.  The term "valve"  is more of a function thing by analogy 
> > with a valve controlling the flow of liquid, a thermionic valve is used
> 
> I beleive the origin of the term 'valve' goes back to the diode, by 
> analogy with the one-way valve on a tyre or something like that.
> 

I seem to remember reading somewhere that Fleming introduced the term
around 1904 for exactly that reason.

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