This could be done in part, because the equipment was very inexpensive. Not much money was involved in tooling so that basic changes of that type could be accomplished.

The Jack Kilby family donated his personal manuscripts and his personal photograph collection to Southern Methodist University. Patent 3115581 Miniature Semiconductor Integrated Circuit filed May 1959 issued December 1963
U. The Jack Kilby Computer Centre at the Merchiston Campus of Edinburgh Napier University in Edinburgh is also named in his honor.

Jack St. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in physics in 2000. He is also the inventor of the handheld calculator and the thermal printer.