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Michael A. Terrell Michael A. Terrell is offline
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Default Oh my! Nostalgia!

Joerg wrote:

Tubes are for real men. When they fail, they often do so in a rather
spectacular manner. Molten glass splattering about and all that.



Real men used tubes made with Beryllium Oxide Ceramic, instead of
wimpy glass. Forced air cooling ruled! Arrh! Arrh! Arrh!


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