Schematics of Atanasoff-Berry Computer logic circuits?
Paul Koning
Paul_Koning at Dell.com
Tue Sep 2 11:12:00 CDT 2008
>>>>> "Dave" == Dave McGuire <mcguire at neurotica.com> writes:
Dave> On Sep 2, 2008, at 11:47 AM, bfranchuk at jetnet.ab.ca wrote:
>>> Us amp builders love them for their second-harmonicy crunch...
>>>
>> Still with out the guitar amp people, I don't think any kind of
>> valves would be around for people like myself to play music
>> through.
Dave> Did all the tubes disappear or something? LOTS AND LOTS of
Dave> tubes were made during their heyday. I know a few people who
Dave> have hundreds, and in one case thousands of tubes, and I've got
Dave> a few dozen myself. Don't be paranoid, Ben. ;)
Last time I was at a hamfest (admittedly some years ago) tubes were
still being sold by lots of people. Ads show up in ham radio
magazines, too.
So avoid audio-nut circles and look to hams, then tubes shouldn't eba
problem.
Then again, if all else fails, make your own:
http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2008/01/make_your_own_vaccum_tube.html
paul
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