http://www.neatorama.com/2007/11/16/happy-birthday-vacuum-tube/ The Neat Side of the Web Thu, 16 Feb 2012 15:05:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/11/16/happy-birthday-vacuum-tube/comment-page-1/#comment-302318 Don Hersey Mon, 19 Nov 2007 03:14:59 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/11/16/happy-birthday-vacuum-tube/#comment-302318 There were many developments in electron tubes. But the 'great inflation' from a market perspective was when the BBC got started at the turn of the prior century, and had a program to build every household in England a radio. There were many developments in electron tubes. But the ‘great inflation’ from a market perspective was when the BBC got started at the turn of the prior century, and had a program to build every household in England a radio.

]]> http://www.neatorama.com/2007/11/16/happy-birthday-vacuum-tube/comment-page-1/#comment-297809 Advice Network Fri, 16 Nov 2007 18:18:12 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/11/16/happy-birthday-vacuum-tube/#comment-297809 The other day my computer started to kernel panic every 5 to 10 minutes. My tech guy diagnosed bad ram. I needed to get working ASAP, and it just so happened that the company I bough the Ram from was only an hour away, so I drove down to get a replacement. The place was full of vacuum tube radios. I loved the contrast between these wafers packed with the tiniest electronics and these radios as big as furniture filled with these ancient tubes. The other day my computer started to kernel panic every 5 to 10 minutes. My tech guy diagnosed bad ram. I needed to get working ASAP, and it just so happened that the company I bough the Ram from was only an hour away, so I drove down to get a replacement. The place was full of vacuum tube radios. I loved the contrast between these wafers packed with the tiniest electronics and these radios as big as furniture filled with these ancient tubes.

]]>