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First IC you came in contact with?

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LaserSteve:
3909, 555, 741, then an RF transistor.

First Kit: P-Box Goofy-Light with the galloping neons, then a short wave radio P-Box, on which to this day I remember hearing BBC and WWV for the first time.

Then some one showed me a helium neon laser, hence the user name and a career.

Modern clone: https://youtu.be/7flDWmRwYYg

Steve

coppice:

--- Quote from: Tandy on May 18, 2015, 02:29:46 pm ---Somewhat related, information about the first IC produced. http://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/search/object/nmah_689592?hootPostID=fd8eeb88a279893823ef32a7e2f2b209

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There is a mock up of Kilby's original lab, using his original equipment, in one of TI's buildings in Dallas. Walk down the right corridor, and there is a section of glass wall where you are looking into his lab. The research labs at the same site are called Kilby Labs in memory of him.

coppice:
The first ICs I remember holding in my hands, and actually working with, were a bunch of Motorola MC7xx RTL devices, in about 1968. I had probably used a TV with at least one simple IC before that.

rfclown:
I don't remember, but likely a 555. Probably purchased at Radio Shack. Likely a circuit out of a Forest Mims book.

Syntax Error:
NE555 UA741 4011UBE 74LS138 + a TDA??? power amp IC and a sound FX generator from Texas Instruments whose number I forget. All purchased from Maplin Electronic Supplies UK - remember their space ship catalogue?

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