Transistor television
date: label: date made
content: 1958
name: label: maker
content: Texas Instruments
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This was the first television receiver using all semiconductors built at TI (1958) and was probably one of the first built anywhere. The portable set was built to demonstrate feasibility to potential semiconductor customers. Part of the original S/B Lobby display. The major technical problem at the time was making a low cost high voltage rectifier. 8" diagonal screen. Reference: Jim Nygaard, Roger Webster.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Work and Industry: Electricity
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: from Texas Instruments
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1987.0487.358
label: accession number
content: 1987.0487
label: collector/donor number
content: G00086
label: catalog number
content: 1987.0487.358
objectType: label: Object Name
content: television receiver
label: Other Terms
content: television receiver; Solid State; Microelectronics
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 9 5/8 in x 9 1/4 in x 14 1/4 in; 24.4475 cm x 23.495 cm x 36.195 cm