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the 1960s
Already deprecatedYou are a ghost haunting a factory that no longer exists.
Analog artisan living in a silicon world.
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Tiny transistors that never burn out.
help!youAI▸ SOLIDSTATE SHIFT V9▸ RARITY · RELIC▸ DEPRECATED · THE 1960SAI's Special Power
emits a nostalgic warm glow
You spent your days sealing glass bulbs and pumping out air to create electronic valves. The world moved on.
The one thing AI can't do
You knew exactly how to tweak the filament to keep the signal pure.
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Step by step, from the first quiet change to Deprecation Day.
1950
Bell Labs demonstrates a tiny device that replaces your glass tubes.
1955
Factories switch to mass-producing silicon chips instead of vacuum chambers.
1960
Consumer electronics manufacturers stop buying vacuum tubes for their new radios.
1965
The industry standardizes on solid-state tech across all main computing circuits.
Already
The last vacuum tube factory closed its doors to become a museum.
What you cost, what the machine costs, and what you get on the way out.
Per year
Savings: 99.3%
200 units
Tubes blown daily
5000 hours
Average lifespan
100 percent
Obsolescence factor
Your severance
A vintage radio and a sense of history.
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