James Gleick - In the 1920s, a generation before the coming of solid-state electronics, one could lo...

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In the 1920s, a generation before the coming of solid-state electronics, one could look at the circuits and see how the electron stream flowed. Radios had valves, as though electricity were a fluid to be diverted by plumbing. With the click of the knob came a significant hiss and hum, just at the edge of audibility.

James Gleick

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Deutsche Übersetzung

In den 1920er Jahren, einer Generation vor dem Aufkommen der Festkörperelektronik, konnte man die Schaltkreise betrachten und sehen, wie der Elektronenstrom floss. Radios hatten Ventile, als wäre Elektrizität eine Flüssigkeit, die von den Wasserleitungen abgelenkt werden sollte. Mit dem Klicken des Knopfes ertönte ein deutliches Zischen und Brummen gerade am Rand der Hörbarkeit.

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