Talk:UNIVAC Solid State

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Not "one of the first"

The article claims without citation that the UNIVAC Solid State was "one of the first computers to use some solid-state components". I'll point out that ENIAC (1945) contained 7,200 solid-state diodes, 13 years before the UNIVAC Solid State. BINAC (1948) used germanium diodes. SEAC (1950) had 10,500 germanium diodes. The Transistor Computer used transistors in 1953, followed by the Metrovick 950 in 1956. There are many, many other examples of computers before UNIVAC Solid State that used solid-state components. KenShirriff (talk) 19:59, 16 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I think I might have found a source for the claim about "one of the first computers". I would caveat it by saying that it's case of "one of the first commericial computers to use..." might be better wording. Anyway the source is: ^[1]

Page 14 and 92 both claim the "Univac Solid State" as first transistor computer. Again I'm assuming given text was written by an Economist that he means specifically that it was first transistorized computer to be marketed/sold commercially.Dóeltenga (talk) 17:38, 30 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

References

^ Brock, Gerald W. (1975). The U.S. computer industry: a study of market power. Cambridge, Mass: Ballinger Publ. Co. pp. 14, 92. ISBN 9780884102618.

[1] Brock, Gerald W. (1975). The U.S. computer industry: a study of market power. Cambridge, Mass: Ballinger Publ. Co. pp. 14, 92. ISBN 9780884102618.

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