I had an epiphany this evening

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newhallone, there were some Sears color sets in the fifites but quite rare. Could very well be a 60s roundie, though.

I often get a special feeling when using my CTC-5. I think of the engineers behind it. I envision them, their nice homes in the suburbs, the Chrysler 300's they drove! Few people think about that these days. Yesterday was the annual Hobby Fair in our town; I set up my usual display, including the porthole in my avatar. (that was where that photo was taken, a few years ago) What struck me was that the kids really couldn't care less about what I had, but I had some great conversations with folks from older generations. One gentleman is retired from the IRS where he worked with computers. Old enough to be my grandfather, who knows much more about them than I do. One of my displays features the progression from tubes like the 01A through miniature tubes, the Nuvistor, the transistor-and finally chips. Very few appreciate what it means that something the size of your thumbnail takes the place of millions and millions of those tubes. Some do get it, though.