substitute tube for DEC VR201?

[Richard]

In article <01C91824.19AB0F20 at host-208-72-122-11.dyn.295.ca>,
    M H Stein <dm561 at torfree.net>  writes:

> I've got a number of CRTs here, white/green/amber, new/used, various sizes,
> if the OP's serious, but I'm not sure how I'd safely ship one.

Wrap with 2 layers of large bubble size bubble wrap and then place in
a box and fill the voids with wadded up newspaper or peanuts.

This should be sufficient for any bare tube.  For a tube inside an
enclosure, then you need to take a look at how the tube is mounted in
the enclosure.  Some enclosures just have plastic mounting posts
holding the CRT in place.  That's fine for the CRT sitting on a desk,
but not good when the whole thing is dropped 2 feet from the back of a
truck.  In those cases, I suggest wadding packing inside the enclosure
to keep the CRT braced by more than just the mounting posts.
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