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

Lord Garth wrote:

"Michael A. Terrell" wrote in message
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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!


Hmm, like in the microwave oven?

Nice stuff to breathe, eh!



More like 4CX250 to $CX5000.

Real men know better than to breath in Beryllium Oxide.

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