In the early days of transistors, RCA and GE were battling against silicon with ever smaller vacuum tubes. These tubes – Nuvistors, Compactrons, and some extremely small JAN triodes were some of the ...
A glimpse at a high-end radio set, for 1912. (Credit: [glasslinger], YouTube) Doing electronics in the 1910s was rather rough, with the radio probably the pinnacle of hi-tech. Despite this, with some ...