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ArkyBeagle t1_j8wq6n0 wrote on February 17, 2023 at 2:29 PM

Reply to comment by DoggyRocker in Why Nikola Tesla is So Famous (and Westinghouse is not) by pier4r

The triode is much more of a Lee de Forrest thing - the Audion.

Whether a tube is Westinghouse, RCA, Telefunken is a matter of manufacturing. Tubes are sought after because they're "cool" , not because they are, strictly speaking, necessary any longer in most domains.