Re: The Phoenix has landed!

Vernon Balbert wrote:


To my knowledge (and I'm not an expert but I have read some articles) the government had little to do with it. In this case Bob is right, the transistor was a purely private venture driven by market forces.

Actually it was desperation. Telephone traffic was increasing much fasther than relay and vacuum tube circuits could accomdate. Transistors were necessaor or telephone traffic would choke on itself. A low power, high speed switching element was an absolute necessity for the Telephone Company which is why they funded it.

Bob Kolker

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