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   Michael Trew wrote:   
      
   >> what more is there to know?   
   >   
   > I don't have any books on the matter, but I have an old vacuum tube   
   > tester, and some equipment to restore old tube radios and televisions --   
   > although that hobby has been side-lined for a long time.   
      
   Like most of the older guys here, I learned about vacuum tubes when my Dad   
   would gather up a collection of them to take to the hardware store to test   
   on the machine.   
      
   I used to take them apart and marvel at the complexity of the insides.   
      
   Fun fact: What _direction_ does the glass initially fly when you hit the   
   front of an old TV in the middle of the glass face (to shatter it)?   
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