Re: Anybody with an oscilloscope as an Apple II display?

[Charlie Springer <RAM@regnirps.com>]

On Wed, 2 Apr 2008 15:01:38 -0700, Scott Alfter wrote
(in article <rLednV8xfKffn2nanZ2dnUVZ_tWtnZ2d@giganews.com>):

> One more thing: tubes still aren't that hard to come by if you need them.
> You can't exactly pop down to the corner drugstore or Radio Shack for a
> replacement, but there are plenty of companies selling them online.  I've
> dealt with Antique Electronic Supply (www.tubesandmore.com) in the past, and
> I'm sure there are a few others (AES is just one of the largest, if not the
> largest).
> 
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I think most tubes are available new through Russian sources. Dating back to 
the Superfortress that made a forced landing in Russia near the end of the 
war with Japan. Stalin had the plane taken apart and copied exact, including 
the tubes in the radios. They even copied the labels and lettering so as not 
to be sent to the gulags if anything didn't work. So, a 6AU6 and all the 
other common "valves" have been made in Russia for over 60 years.

-- Charlie Springer