Lisi wrote: > > I was just shying off admitting my age.... I expected you not to know. But > I'm younger than I look, so I don't know why. ;-) Here's another random fact > for you (I too like random facts more than history): Colossus (the first > real electronic computer) was end of 1943/beginning of 1944 (depending on > whether you take the first day it worked or the first day it went > operational). > On 17 November 1947 John Bardeen and Walter Brattain observed that when electrical contacts were applied to a crystal of germanium, the output power was larger than the input. William Shockley saw the potential in this and worked over the next few months greatly expanding the knowledge of semiconductors and is considered by many to be the 'father' of the transistor. (Wikipedia)
It happened a little too early for me to witness the 'birth' of the transistor. -- People choose Microsoft Windows for their PC in the same manner that the citizens of Soviet Russia elected the General Secretary of the Communist Party during the cold war. -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --------------------------------------------------------------
