On Sunday 26 March 2006 12:30 pm, Tony Duell wrote:
Yes, but we can't call it an 'electron
tube' since that's what you call a
valve (glassfet, whatever). And 'Electron Ray Tube' is another name (at
least here) for that form of indicator commonly called a 'Magic Eye'.
Now I sure wouldn't mind getting my hands on some of _those_...!
There seem to be all sorts of VFDs in audio gear these days but even the ones
designed for level indicators still use discrete steps, making them
"digital", while those old 6E5 tubes (and similar) were most definitely
"analog". :-)
Anybody have any of those kicking around?
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