Examining the DIY electronics scene in the 1960s by browsing pages from old electronics magazines — both pro and hobbyist — you can’t help noticing a sweeping movement going during those years and causing much controversy: the initially gradual, then torrential influx of the transistor, dethroning the vacuum tube as the active element having ruled the scene for over 50 years. When Elektor was born as Electronica wereld back in '61, the tube filament still glowed but it faded as the sixties got on steam.