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Originally Posted by Cappy
There is lore in the Fallout universe that transistors and microchips were either not invented, or were, but not produced in the same way we consider them today. Some of that has to do with the universe of fallout, and the lack of an end to the Cold War.
In the end, it kind of captures that 50's googie architecture at a time when using nuclear weapons was considered much more viable and dangerous.
(sorry btimbit already covered some of that
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It was also explained that because transistors were never invented, the advanced tech made of tubes and stuff was super resource intensive. Which is why the world ran out of primary resources leading to global conflict in the 2070's.
Looked cool! Doomed everyone.