I still have a textbook of electronics which out of 800 pages has a total of maybe a half dozen dedicated to discussing this new "solid state" technology. It goes on about how someday people might be able to hold a radio receiver in their hands, but that for now those new transistors are just so expensive as to be cost prohibitive. I still have a red binder from TI, about 5 or 6 inches thick, of all of their discretes (transistors and things) data sheets. I also have a physics book from the 1800s which talks about the eather.

Of course the sensible thing to do is to chuck (British: bin) those old books that you'll never use again. But if you have space to keep them, you might be surprised which ones turn into treasures. How else would we know that "transistor" is just a contracted form of "transfer resistor". You might recall that I just recently moved. I estimated my library to hold approximately six (6) tons (2000 lbs = 1 ton for you metric types) of books. By my actions I vote to keep them.

P.S. Do you know what "binning" means in the colonies?