From mate_stubb@yahoo.com Tue Jul 06 18:54:24 2004
Subject:Re: The original vs. state of the art

I think we are picking nits here. My premise was an answer to the
original question "What would Hammond do if he had access to today's
state of the art technology?"

If he had been around at the time, and had used the brand new
transistor technologies available in the late 50's, that's what we'd
have instead of tonewheels. I'm just making the point that the (happy)
accident of when he was born has given us a machine with legendary
longevity.

I'll bet my B-3 will still be ticking when my brand spanking new Yammy
S-90 is no longer repairable because it is obsolete and you can't get
the proprietary parts to fix it any more.

Moe

> 1960, they used transistor oscillators.
>
> Quoting elggobo :
>
> >
> > --- In CloneWheel@yahoogroups.com, Bill Roberts
> >
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Transistor technology emerged in the 1960's, not the '50's.
> >
> > Are you sure?
> >
> > 1947 - Transistor invented
> >
> > 1954 - First commercial transistor radio
> >
> > 1954 - IBM announce switch to transistors
> >
> > 1959 - Integrated circuit invented
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