The Transistor Museum’s tagline is “Dedicated to Preserving the History of the Greatest Invention of the 20th Century,” and it does a pretty good job of it. On this website you’ll find articles on:
- The First Germanium Hobbyist Transistors
- Early Transistors at Motorola
- The First Transistor in Space
- Norman Krim, the Father of the CK722 Transistor
- a whole lot more
Like all good museums, they also have a museum store. They sell a couple of books on the early semiconductors as well as some of those transistors themselves. They’re kind of pricey, though. A 2N60 or 2N609, for example, costs $20.
Julian G4ILO says
I think those transistors are more for admiring in a display case than experimenting with. The ultimate geek antiques…
Robert Tevault says
I have been trying to contact Jack Ward at the Transistor Museum at [email protected] for over three weeks, but I am not having any luck. I’m trying to see if he still has the UL923 for sale. Any ideas?
Dan KB6NU says
I’m sorry, but I really don’t have any suggestions other than to just hang in there. I’m sure he’s doing this as a hobby. Perhaps he’s just been out of town and away from e-mail.