[BC] Old Farts

[Jim Tonne]

I am an old geezer myself and this thread brings to mind my
anger at the various electronics-industry journals circa 1953
or so.  They started printing articles on the design of those
darned newfangled transistors and started phasing out
articles showing the design of circuitry using tubes.

Then I remember how upset I was when they started 
printing articles showing the design of circuits using those
darned newfangled integrated circuits and they started
phasing out to some extent the articles showing design of
stuff using transistors.

I clearly remember the conversation I had with a fellow who
said his class was the last one at (a prestigious institute)
which had courses on vacuum tube circuit design.

There is of course mostly humor in all that when I look 
back on it.  But one of the responsibilities of knowng all
about a subject (like some of us old geezers) is that when
a kid asks a question about it you have to be helpful and
give a straight answer.  Someday, if'n the creek don't rise,
that kid will pass that knowledge on to another kid.

Hopefully.

- JimT