Timeline for What was the earliest non-valve, non-mechanical computer?
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| May 23, 2023 at 9:36 | comment | added | Therac | The term you're looking for is probably solid-state - transistors and chips. | |
| May 2, 2018 at 20:44 | answer | added | Chromatix | timeline score: 5 | |
| Aug 3, 2017 at 20:43 | comment | added | rackandboneman | "No vacuum tubes in peripherals" would make this question even trickier: CRT displays were beginning to be used in the 60s, but it was rare to find any kind of CRT display NOT using some other vacuum tubes (than the CRT itself) in its own circuitry :) before the early 1970s ... | |
| Apr 21, 2016 at 9:07 | answer | added | Michael Hampton | timeline score: 16 | |
| Apr 21, 2016 at 8:53 | comment | added | Sklivvz | @MichaelHampton it's a great resource! Surprisingly, it doesn't give a clear answer to this question, though. | |
| Apr 21, 2016 at 8:52 | comment | added | Åna | @MichaelHampton spoilsport ;) | |
| Apr 21, 2016 at 8:49 | comment | added | Michael Hampton | Just to ruin all the fun: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_computing_hardware | |
| Apr 21, 2016 at 8:47 | comment | added | Åna | @Sklivvz I'm going to say yes, but feel free to mention them along with anything else you find. | |
| Apr 21, 2016 at 8:42 | comment | added | Sklivvz | Core rope memory and magnetic core memory were electro-mechanical. Do these count as "mechanical"? | |
| Apr 21, 2016 at 8:32 | history | asked | Åna | CC BY-SA 3.0 |