[sci.military] transistor history

henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer) (03/31/89)

From: henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer)
>BTW, was the transistor a civilian or military development. I suspose
>the question is, what was the source of funds that Shockley et al
>used to develop the transistor?

Civilian.  Invented at Bell Labs, on Bell System internal funding.