12-23 01:14 - 'A vacuum tube _performing the same function_ as a transistor is usually immune to radiation (at least until it becomes _really_ extreme) where the transistor _would_ be damaged ... but if it's _the function_ of th...' by /u/PerryPattySusiana removed from /r/HistoryPorn within 13-23min
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A vacuum tube performing the same function as a transistor is usually immune to radiation (at least until it becomes really extreme) where the transistor would be damaged ... but if it's the function of the device to be sensitive to light, then the image on the light-receiving surface is going to be bespckled by radiation whether it's a semicoductor device or a vacuum-tube device.
And , into the bargain, the semiconductor device is likely actually to be damaged by it ... and maybe the phosphor-screen in a vacuum-tube device would also be worn-out by it - but much more slowly than the damage to the semiconductor device would occur.
I've upvoted your comment, by the way, because it seems a bit senseless to me that it's been downvoted without any explanation as to why.
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Author: u/PerryPattySusiana
Posted Dec 23, 2019, 1:14 AM UTC