> .. I'm only 32, ... There must have been a real revolution in electronics > around that time frame. > > -Adam > > >http://www.nixiebunny.com/malmbergcalc/calc.html >
I'm 52, and I started tinkering with electronics ~1970. It was a very transitional period (like it really never is, in electronics). The consumer market always trails the mil and industrial markets. Both tube based and solid state products were still being manufactured, simultaneously. I didn't see an IC until 1973, mostly because they didn't make it to the consumer market yet. My father finally bought our first color TV, in 1974, about 8 years after the networks were broadcasting in color, exclusively. It was a Zenith 25" set, with a unique technology mix. It still retained a half dozen vacuum tubes (other than the CRT), but mostly used discrete transistors. It also had some of these new devices, called integrated circuits. I still have the schematic sold with it. When was the last time you bought a TV, and got the schematic with it ? They use to print them inside the chasis. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/neonixie-l?hl=en-GB.
