Tubes in computers - numbers, please

From: William Donzelli <aw288_at_osfn.org>
Date: Mon Dec 9 20:38:00 2002

There is a large quantity of tubes for sale near me, and while
it is silly to think I can buy and store them all, I might be interested
in buying quantities of *computer-rated* tubes - things like 5749s, 5814As,
6414s, and so forth. Some day, maybe a 709 will come my way with 1000
empty sockets...

Anyway, if any of you folks have information or samples of old tube based
computing junk (modules, for example, or old unit-record stuff) - could I
bother you to tell me what types of tubes were originally installed? I am
looking for specific numbers, not just "dual triodes".

It would be nice to know which machines used which tubes - for example:

Machine Tube(s) Used
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IBM 604 1684, 2032

Thanks a bunch!

William Donzelli
aw288_at_osfn.org
Received on Mon Dec 09 2002 - 20:38:00 GMT