I recall when a 6 transistor portable AM radio was a biggy.
Hell, I remember going with my dad to buy tubes for the radio! That was back in the fifties.
Yeah, I also remember when the number of transistors was marketed as an indicator of a pocket radio's "quality" and/or "power". The funny thing is that soon, "Six-Transistor" radios ("Made in Japan") were common -- but they were the same old two-transistor circuits -- with four empty or non-functional transistor "cans" installed to up the visual count (and the price)...
Yeah, I also remember when the number of transistors was marketed as an indicator of a pocket radio's "quality" and/or "power". The funny thing is that soon, "Six-Transistor" radios ("Made in Japan") were common -- but they were the same old two-transistor circuits -- with four empty or non-functional transistor "cans" installed to up the visual count (and the price)...
Known as a “Transistor” or a “Sony”. I had one, an actual Sony, smaller than a pack of cards, and with a speaker that covered the front. Powered by a 9V battery, you could see the guts if you undid a screw on the back cover. It was crammed full. It came with an earplug and jack, much as we still see today. I remember listening to “The Lion Sleeps Tonight” on it, which dates it to 1961.