21 Aug
2008
21 Aug
'08
10:45 p.m.
William Donzelli wrote:
Just a datapoint I'm aware of: within a few years (late 40's) Whirlwind used
'crystal diodes' in the 'control matrix'.
The other minor factor ... solid state diodes
did not happen untill about
the middle of WWII.
Yes, and they sucked anyway. Still, if there was enough money behind a computer
project, I bet RCA
or Sylvania could have been convinced to make a run of diode gating
tubes using 6H6 elements.
(There was a triple diode released in the 50s or 60s)