29 Jul
2026
29 Jul
'26
1:17 p.m.
On Jul 29, 2026, at 12:12 PM, Carey Schug via cctalk
<cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> wrote:
i wondered, and ai confirmed, that vacuum tube computers likely
contained asbestos, but suggested in the vacuum tubes, so probably not
available unless there was destruction of vacuum tubes involved.
I don't believe that. I have never seen and can't imagine a vacuum tube with
asbestos. What you will find in many small vacuum tubes is mica -- typical receiver tubes
(which is what you'd see in a computer) have the elements mounted between two small
sheets of mica. But asbestor is porous and fibrous, there isn't any use for that in
tubes I can think of.
Just another AI hallucination.
paul