Williams Tube memory, Selectron question, and Charactron

From: Eric Smith <eric_at_brouhaha.com>
Date: Sun Aug 15 15:53:58 1999

I wrote:
> Memory wasn't the only part of early computers that used special and somewhat
> bizarre electron tubes.

William Donzelli <aw288_at_osfn.org> wrote:
> The lights ("blinkenlights") on some early machines (and even a few not
> so early machines) were tiny tubes, as well. A bit more simple than a CRT...

Yes, but those weren't particularly "bizarre". They were just common
incandescent bulbs.
Received on Sun Aug 15 1999 - 15:53:58 BST

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