On 17 Jul 2010 at 19:01, Tony Duell wrote:
  You know you've been (hardware) hacking too long
when you read the
 subject: line of this message and assume it's going to be about a
 biphase valve rectifier with a 6.3V heater and a B9A (noval) base.
 Yes, that did happen to me... 
Wrong side of the pond--here, it's a 6V4, not to be confused with a
type 80 rectifier (5V 4 pin base).  ez80 meant only one thing to me--
the Zilog chip.
--Chuck