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Old December 14th 09, 04:52 PM posted to uk.rec.audio,rec.audio.tubes
Keith G[_2_]
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Default The price of valves


"Bob Eld" wrote


How about 450,000 transistors for $50 in a processor. That's $0.00011 per!
That level of integration makes our modern computerized world possible.
Imagine trying to do it with "fire bottles"!



It didn't stop Tommy Flowers:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_Flowers