Remembrances of vacuum tube days
As a young teenager, I developed a love for electronics which became a lifelong love affair. In those days vacuum tubes were the norm and solid state devices such as transistors weren't in usage then....
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I grew up immersed in the same activities as you, Mr. Ed - just a couple of years behind. I even worked at an electronic and photo supply and repair shop in our small hometown in New Mexico while I was in high school. Many years later, one of my lieutenants in the Army (seeing me as "the old man"), brought me a cartoon he had clipped out of something. The image was of an older, gray-haired man standing at a window above which was a sign saying, "PARTS." the older man was holding up a vacuum tube. The kid behind the counter said, "Light bulbs are on isle 12, pops." The lieutenant thought it was funny...
Rob
Rob
