This could be a mercury delay line. Remington Rand did use mercury
delay lines in
some of their early computers.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: cctalk-admin_at_classiccmp.org
> [mailto:cctalk-admin_at_classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Gary Hildebrand
> Sent: Thursday, June 20, 2002 9:08 AM
> To: cctalk_at_classiccmp.org
> Subject: Re: Acoustic delay line??
>
>
> Bill Sudbrink wrote:
> >
> > I've never seen one and couldn't find a clear picture
> > on the web anywhere. Is this an acoustic delay line?
> >
> > http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=887259145
>
> I'd guess that it is either a TWT, or maybe an X-ray tube of
> some sort.
> Definitely NOT a delay line.
>
> Gary Hildebrand
> St. Joseph, MO
>
Received on Thu Jun 20 2002 - 11:36:41 BST