The transistor of course was 1947, so that five year addition wouldn't have pulled it forward much. I think there was a lot that could have been done with WW2 b

The transistor of course was 1947, so that five year addition wouldn't have pulled it forward much. I think there was a lot that could have been done with WW2 budgets + desperation to force the arrival of the microprocessor forward from 1971 by many years, 10-15 years faster perhaps.