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Originally Posted by etype2
Thanks. The Westy has 43 tubes but Mike replaced two 5U4’s with silicon rectifiers. Innovation: The problem as I saw it in my career and with America’s great electronic companies was a lack of vision. Example, RCA invented LCD and the top brass nixed the project, seeing it as competition to their existing CRT’s rather than the potential. The rest is history. Other companies look at short term profits, not willing to go the “mile”. I blame it on the “suits” not the engineers and scientists.
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43 tubes!!! And I thought that 30 tubes (RCA 630TS) was a lot.
And as to owning cats, I can see that right now!!!
If only engineers and scientists were in charge. Can I go slightly OT? I taught Verizon FiOS installation. At first, the engineers ruled and decided what needed to be taught and how to install it. There were many "Don'ts!" like daisy chain outlets. You had to pull a homerun to every outlet. Eventually the "Suits" prevailed (AKA Bean Counters) and shortcuts creeped in like a submarine with screen doors. The rest is history...