Different_Bake_7
Different_Bake_7 t1_jdrbulf wrote
Reply to comment by Tenpat in TIL That E-cigarettes were first invented in the 1960s, but were never sold in order to protect the traditional cigarette market by TooOfEverything
The first simplest transistors were invented, which is basically a tiny voltage driven electric switch, but they weren't that small, considering today the smallest of integrated circuit chips, can contain millions of transistors ! They were however smaller than vacuum tubes, hence the first portable transistor radio. uniac and ENIAC were the first mainframe IBM computers, that ran on both tubes and solid state components, yet filled up an entire room !.... And about a tenth as powerful as a Commodore 64 !
so yeah..... Technology was stone age back in the 60s.
Different_Bake_7 t1_jdrc9u2 wrote
Reply to comment by Different_Bake_7 in TIL That E-cigarettes were first invented in the 1960s, but were never sold in order to protect the traditional cigarette market by TooOfEverything
Jump to the latest cell phone smart phone..... A super computer 🖥️ comparatively speaking !