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Before the transistor (and even a bit after), the race to miniaturization in electronics was already on. Subminiature 'pencil' tube radios like the Belmont Boulevard and Emerson 747 along with other miniature tube based equipment and the tubes themselves may be discussed here. You may also find our AntiqueRadio.net forum to be of interest too!

The place to discuss slide rules and mechanical computing devices from pocket adding machines to mechanical computers and everything in between!

Discuss anything about transistor radios, their history and the companies that made them. Germanium diode and Japanese tube radios of the transistor era may be discussed here too. You may also find our AntiqueRadio.net forum to be of interest too!

The Zenith hearing aid was probably the first consumer use of the transistor. Audio preamps and other products were also in the mix. All early transistor products, kits, and projects may be discussed here.

All aspects of the invention, development, and manufacture of transistors, diodes, integrated circuits, and semiconductors in general may be discussed here. NIXIE tubes, LEDs, and display devices may be discussed here too.

The pocket calculator was the first product of the 'digital era' to make it into the average consumers home and business. Desk top calculators beat them by several years. Discuss them all here.

Discuss vintage digital and analog computers and early laptops here.

The computer game was invented in the early 1950s. Pocket LED games and the first PONG era gaming consoles came in the early 1970s. Discuss all early digital games through the later, original Atari games here.

Yet another important part of the digital revolution was the wrist watch and the digital clock. Modern clocks and kits based on vintage technology (such as NIXIE tubes) may be discussed here too.

Vintage continually moves forward! Early PDAs, cellphones, and even early MP-3 players from the late 1990s are already collectible. Discuss them all here!