OT: Care and feeding of vacuum tube electronics?

From: Doug Coward <dcoward_at_pressstart.com>
Date: Tue Feb 9 15:41:19 1999

>On Sun, 7 Feb 1999, Mark Gregory wrote:
>> Hi. I recently acquired a 1950's vintage Gibson GA-30 guitar amp. Never
>> having owned a tube-based amp before, I'm clueless about the proper way to
>> use this amp without abusing it (and it sounds great, so I want it to last
>> a long time! :v) .
Sam said:
>Wow, this is decidely off-topic. Way off topic. Don't you think this
>question would be better served on a more suitable newsgroup?

   (This reply is Digest delayed)
This is not off topic! We don't talk enough about vacuum tubes!(..imho..)
First, amplifiers are the most basic element of any electronic analog
computer.
Second, where can anyone draw the OT line between vacuum tubes and LSI chips?
RTL,DTL,TTL, or transistors in general?
:)

Mark,
 Check out Vacuum Tube Valley http://www.vacuumtube.com/

--Doug
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Doug Coward
Press Start Inc.
Sunnyvale,CA
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Received on Tue Feb 09 1999 - 15:41:19 GMT

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