| 1987.0487.178 | Texas Instruments Collection | Object |
| Transistor Kit TI number: G00390 These kit's were used as marketing 'give-aways' in the latter 1950's to publicize both TI and transistors. At that time, there was still a lot of resistance to the use of transistors among circuit designers. The device has a germanium grown junction bar soldered into the header. In the capsule is a gold wire which in production would be bonded to the base layer of the bar and soldered or welded to the header base lead (center lead). |
| Texas Instruments (Steve Karnavas, Howard Moss, Harry Owens.)
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