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Electronics Forum / Electronics / June 2006Valves are NOT dead .....
** They still keep up with the times ... http://tinyurl.com/g5s5b ....... Phil > ** They still keep up with the times ... > > http://tinyurl.com/g5s5b > > ....... Phil The mind boggles when you think about what time, effort and accuracy of design and build is required to make these things work. Mark Kelepouris > ** They still keep up with the times ... > > http://tinyurl.com/g5s5b > > ....... Phil Very pretty !! Heh, would be great in a cold climate to offset the heating bill :-). Some project !!  SignatureCheers ......... Rheilly P Where theres a will, I want to be in it. > Heh, would be great in a cold climate to offset the heating bill :-). How does using electricity to heat a valve filament offset your heating bill? (especially if you don't normally use electricity for heating) It certainly increases your cooling bill though. MrT. >> Heh, would be great in a cold climate to offset the heating bill :-). > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > MrT. AHHHH rrriiiiggghhhtt !! Glad ya enjoyed the joke Enstein :-) SignatureCheers ......... Rheilly P Where theres a will, I want to be in it. >>> Heh, would be great in a cold climate to offset the heating bill :-). >> [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] >AHHHH rrriiiiggghhhtt !! >Glad ya enjoyed the joke Enstein :-) I chuckled, anyway. ;-) If you reckon that clock's complex using valves as logic elements, think about the Colossus computer with 1,500 valves used by the Poms in WW2 to help break the German Enigma codes [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colossus_computer]. That would have been great in the middle of winter! Bob >>>> Heh, would be great in a cold climate to offset the heating bill >>>> :-). [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > > Bob Yup, the Poms arent all that silly either !! Good little number in winter as ya say :-) SignatureCheers ......... Rheilly P Where theres a will, I want to be in it. >>>> Heh, would be great in a cold climate to offset the heating bill :-). >>> [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > Bob They used to strip off to keep cool in the computer room - quite a few of the female operators got knocked up while working there!!! "ian field" <dai.ode@ntlworld.com> wrote They used to strip off to keep cool in the computer room - quite a few of the female operators got knocked up while working there!!! ***** Source?? Brian Goldsmith. > They used to strip off to keep cool in the computer room - quite a few of > the female operators got knocked up while working there!!! > > ***** Source?? > > Brian Goldsmith. A documentary on UKTV history channel about Bletchly Park - the codebreakers. One of the original codebreakers in an interview mentioned that maternity leave was higher among female staff at BP and attributed it to the removal of garments in the heat of the computer room! "ian field" > "Brian Goldsmith." >> [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > codebreakers. One of the original codebreakers in an interview mentioned > that maternity leave was higher among female staff at BP ** LOL Not too many male staff would be eligible.... > and attributed it to the removal of garments in the heat of the computer > room! ** Myth - not fact. .... Phil > "ian field" >> and attributed it to the removal of garments in the heat of the >> computer room! > ** Myth - not fact. Agreed. I did some digging, wasn't able to substantiate the claim. Sounds like someone's having a lend! GB, I ran a web-based questionnaire the other day. Turns out that 100% of people have access to the Internet. Signature"Men will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest." (Diderot, paraphrasing Meslier) > Very pretty !! > Heh, would be great in a cold climate to offset the heating bill :-). True story: When i was a teenager, we had a water fight one day. I had a twenty dollar note (paper) in my pocket. I thought the quickest way to dry it was to place it on top of my old valve radio. An hour, or so, later I returned to find a small pile of ash. Twenty dollars in those days was half a weeks wages. > Some project !! > ** They still keep up with the times ... > > http://tinyurl.com/g5s5b **The guy seems to have a surplus of spare time. BTW: I have seen a 'pocket watch' size digital clock using Nixie tubes somewhere in my surfing. SignatureTrevor Wilson www.rageaudio.com.au -- Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com have a old muse tube amp, used it on a amstrad computer, in the winter i used it as a foot warmer. > ** They still keep up with the times ... > > http://tinyurl.com/g5s5b > > ....... Phil I like the Nixie Tube Cable TV set top box here http://www.lupinesystems.com/cablebox/ SignatureRegards Blue Remove ZX from email address to reply directly. >I like the Nixie Tube Cable TV set top box here > http://www.lupinesystems.com/cablebox/ Exellent effort, if not bizarre. Mark K. > have a old muse tube amp, used it on a amstrad > computer, in the winter i used it as a foot warmer. And in summer? MrT. >>have a old muse tube amp, used it on a amstrad >>computer, in the winter i used it as a foot warmer. > > And in summer? > > MrT. It's still a foot warmer but hotter. in summer i could keep my coffie warm. > ** They still keep up with the times ... > > http://tinyurl.com/g5s5b > > ....... Phil I've got a valve that is dead. geoff i got a new valve long time ago its a 6L6WXT it was dead, no cathode connection to pin from inside. > ** They still keep up with the times ... > > http://tinyurl.com/g5s5b > > ....... Phil |
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