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Points of Divergence : Electronics
Points of divergence concerning electronic technologies and the development of electronics and electronic consumer products. All POD entries are sorted as chronologically as possible.
PODs
What if the computer is never invented ?
WI: A complete difference engine in the 1820s
If Babbage's Analytical Engine had been made, what could it have done ?
WI: Percy Ludgate survived - analytical engine in the early 20th century ?
Plausibility check: Edison vacuum tubes ?
Challenge: Earlier transistors
Challenge: Earlier Transistor Era Tesla invents the transistor in 1896 WI: Earlier transistor tech and Weimar Germany How do computers develop with earlier transistors ? German computers in WWII WWII Colossus computer PODs Skip the Tubes: On to the Circuits ! Challenge: Computer Race during the Cold War A different ARPANET A world without the microchip ? Challenge: Much Earlier Internet Plausibility check: Internet never invented (1) Plausibility check: Internet never invented (2) Ouestions for a computer related what-if (1971 ASB POD) Challenge: Terminals and mainframes instead of desktop PCs Challenge: Not Apple, but Xerox Computers No UNIX ? Challenge: Make UNIX the world's dominant operating system Challenge: Delay video game development Engineering without computer models/simulations ? WI the Soviets had modern computers ? What countries could sustain a native computer industry? No GUIs Steve Jobs: IBM's Boy Wonder WI: No Apple. How long are home computers delayed ? No Microsoft WI: Microsoft never becomes popular Successful Fifth Generation Computer ? Different post-1984 computer industry What if floppy discs had serial copy management? Alternate (Japanese ?) operating systems The predecessor for the PS1 GPU dates 1986 ! NEC ARM 32bit Arcade Cabinet and Console ? WI: ZX Spectrum dominates computer market in 2008 Internet in a continued Cold War Challenge: Could Moore's Law be faster? No PC/Microsoft hegemony WI: Apple goes under in the 1990s Could the Mini-Disc have succeeded ? (1) Could the Mini-Disc have succeeded ? (2) Alternate Apple Newton developments Challenge: Linux has a major market share by 2010 Challenge: Make Acorn survive past 1998 Keep Nokia competitive What if the 360 had a Blu-ray player, and the PS3 a HD-DVD player ? DBWI: 25th anniversary of The rebirth of Atari ASB WI: Dies the Transistor Know of any PODs or POD discussions ? Feel free to add them. —- ==== See Also ==== Points of Divergence : Radio Points of Divergence : Television Points of Divergence : Photography and Cinema Points of Divergence : Musical Instruments and Recording Technology —- ==== Navigation ==== Scientific Discoveries and Inventions PODs Main Directory Points of Divergence Main Directory**