On Sun, 29 Jun 2008 19:43:08 +0200, Thomas Berg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>... >http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008023617_camin erobit29.html) >... Certainly no reflection on Mr. Camimer but that Seattle Times article would have been a bit better if it had not said: " ...developed two more generations of LEO, the last with transistors, rather than the noisy vacuum tubes used in the first two models. ..." Noisy vacuum tubes? Vacuum tubes had a number of drawbacks but I don't recall their being particularly noisy. I can only assume the original models either had a bunch of clattering relays, or noisy cooling systems. Pat O'Keefe ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
