[TUHS] bell labs murray hill artifacts

ron minnich via TUHS tuhs at tuhs.org
Sat Sep 13 10:47:58 AEST 2025


well, there goes that illusion!

On Fri, Sep 12, 2025 at 5:11 PM Rob Pike <robpike at gmail.com> wrote:

> The Shockley-Bardeen-Brattain (sic) transistor you're referring to was
> just a replica anyway. The original was lost long ago as part of normal lab
> activity.
>
> -rob
>
>
> On Sat, Sep 13, 2025 at 4:24 AM ron minnich via TUHS <tuhs at tuhs.org>
> wrote:
>
>> where's the shockley transistor?
>>
>> and the map of the US showing the Bell System empire, with a light for
>> each
>> central office?
>>
>> aside: the old RCA labs building is still there in princeton, and the 7
>> Emmys are still there in the decaying lobby. But the RCA museum, including
>> the TV camera used on Apollo 15 and signed by the astronauts, has been
>> broken up and scattered.
>>
>> Where is the murray hill history?
>>
>


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