2026-04-05 14:46 UTC
Replies (7)
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@ferrix@mastodon.online 2026-04-06 18:40
@tubetime@mastodon.social @North@chaos.social poor lil guy will never vacuum again
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@whitequark@social.treehouse.systems 2026-04-05 15:58
@tubetime damn I want one so much now
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@forty2@oldbytes.space 2026-04-05 16:12
@tubetime wow! Impressive cutaway skills! (How?!?). For whatever reason, I found nuvistors to have a much shorter life than their larger glass counterparts. When repairing Tektronix 560 series plugins, they’re a common source of trouble. I wonder if that’s just because the cathodes are so much smaller that they loose emission sooner?
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@oclsc@mstdn.ca 2026-04-05 16:24
@tubetime Peanut tube! I've got one somewhere in a miscellanous-junk box. Just in case.
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@ftg@mastodon.radio 2026-04-05 16:25
@tubetime So that's how they were constructed.
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@anthony@bitbang.social 2026-04-05 16:47
@tubetime I have never heard of one of these before, but I watched this #8BitGuy video earlier about what if everything still ran on vacuum tubes where it was mentioned, and then a couple of hours later I see this? Coincidence? https://youtu.be/mEpnRM97ACQ
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@ramblingsteve@oldbytes.space 2026-04-05 17:04
@tubetime cool. Needs some forbidden planet background audio.