In most systems of classifying computers into generations, first generation computers used vacuum tubes while second generation computers used discrete transistors. Some differences: first - big, second - not so big first - generated lots of heat, second - generated less heat first - high voltages, second - low voltages first - tube heaters burn out, second - transistors don't have heaters first - needed on site manufacturer engineering support, second - needed on call manufacturer engineering support.
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