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2008-05-08 -Obits-

Morgan Sparks, inventor of the first practical transistor

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Posted by Anonymoose 2008-05-08 13:21|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 I am just barely old enough to remember what pre-transistor electronics were like.

Thank you, sir, for making all our lives immensely better. Rest in peace.

Posted by Mike 2008-05-08 13:34|| 2008-05-08 13:34|| Front Page Top

#2 Thus passes some one who "made a difference".

Rest is peace sir. You made the world a better place.

Posted by N guard 2008-05-08 18:49|| 2008-05-08 18:49|| Front Page Top

#3 Hail and farewell killer of supermarket valve checkers.

Posted by George Smiley 2008-05-08 19:00|| 2008-05-08 19:00|| Front Page Top

#4 Right up there with Norman Borlaug. These guys are up there with Bell and Edison. But does anybody know their names?

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2008-05-08 19:08|| 2008-05-08 19:08|| Front Page Top

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