2 Sep
2008
2 Sep
'08
9:53 a.m.
Did all the tubes disappear or something? LOTS AND
LOTS of tubes were
made during their heyday. I know a few people who have hundreds, and in one
case thousands of tubes, and I've got a few dozen myself. Don't be
paranoid, Ben. ;)
I am down to about 10,000. At peak, I had roughly 40,000.
And I am small potatoes...
Some tubes did disappear. I pity the man that wants to get a power
supply for an IBM 709 up and running. C16Js, in used UNTESTED
condition, go for a few hundred bucks. If you can find them.
Same with anyone that gets a computer using 6386 dual triodes.
--
Will