Ot -- hi-fi and tubes

From: Gary Hildebrand <ghldbrd_at_ccp.com>
Date: Tue Nov 19 06:09:00 2002

ben franchuk wrote:

> Old Tube stuff is still easy to fix compared to the modern
> market consumer products like computers. I don't think
> in 10 years we will have many of this years products around to
> be classic computers.

I see it in ham radio. Tinkering is gone. Can't easily modify a LSI
circuit like you can with discrete components you don't have to have a
electron microscope to see.

The expanding segment of boatanchor collecting/restoration is tribute to
the vacuum tube technology. Computers are still a system of black box
components that are replaced rather than fixed to the component level.

Gary Hildebrand WA7KKP
St. Joseph, MO
Received on Tue Nov 19 2002 - 06:09:00 GMT