RCA's First Commercial Junction Transistors Lucite Block Paperweight (1953) Calculators focusing entirely on a clean

focusing entirely on a clean "slab of glass" look with a distinct

It marked GE's bold move into using modern metal vacuum tubes instead of traditional glass ones

"—a tradition that turned the simple act of finishing dessert into a campus-wide sport

polished plastic brick

Although production of this classic mechanical model wrapped up in 1983

RCA's First Commercial Junction Transistors Lucite Block Paperweight (1953) Calculators focusing entirely on a cleanRCA Transistors Memento Two of the First Commercial Junction Transistors, RCA's First Commercially Released Transistors The 1953 RCA transistor Lucite block is a legendary "holy grail" for technology collectors, originally handed out as a high end memento at a pivotal RCA commercial transistor conference in March of that year. At a time when bulky, fragile glass vacuum tubes still powered all electronics, this paperweight served as a physical