Comments on: Electrons at Work (Sep, 1946)

By: Tracy B.

Tracy B. — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 22:01:25 +0000

Consider how long it took to get rid of the CRT monitor from computers……

By: slim

slim — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 21:58:34 +0000

In 1961, one of my professors said that transistors were OK for audio and other low power and low frequency applications, but they would never completely replace vacuum tubes. For some reason I’ve always remembered that. Maybe he was right. My microwave still uses a magnetron.

By: Tracy B.

Tracy B. — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 21:52:28 +0000

I love the coversheet of the magazine. The plane is an XC-99, a transport version of the B-36 bomber. Only one plane was built. Non of the airlines decided to buy this plane, because it was too big and costly to operate.

By: Mike

Mike — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 21:39:05 +0000

They worked fine until they were unionized.