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What is the oldest electronic you own?
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At least one diode.
How do you figure?
Vacuum tubes are called triodes, pentobes, etc depending on how many whatevers it has, do those count?
Yes, because there will be at least one "whatever."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronics
Are thermionic diodes allowed or just semiconductor diodes? What about the early crystal diodes (subset of semiconductor). Did the Colossus computer count? Eniac? I guess particular items don't matter because no individual owns either and I doubt individual built replicas.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronics
Per that definition:
So tubes are in! Old lamps are OUT!
Relays?