Scenarios about 'vacuum tubes'
Electronic devices that control electric current flow through a vacuum in a sealed container, widely used in early computing, radio, and television before the invention of transistors. Vacuum tubes were crucial to the development of electronics in the first half of the 20th century, enabling technologies like radar during World War II and the first generation of computers. In alternate history scenarios, extended or advanced vacuum tube technology often features in retrofuturistic timelines or worlds where solid-state electronics followed different development paths.
What If The Transistor Was Never Invented?
Exploring the alternate timeline where the transistor was never developed, dramatically altering the course of computing, telecommunications, and the entire technological landscape of the modern world.