Hi. My name is... Rik
Posted by RikNilsson 11 years, 5 months ago to The Gulch: Introductions
I'm ex-USNavy, been an electronics technician, control systems field engineer, software engineer, technical writer and was born when transistors were replacing tubes. I 'went Galt' in 2006.
SOURCE URL: http://www.saragossa.net
Glad to see someone that may also remember taking his TV tubes down to the 7-11 and testing them....
A stand alone machine with a zillion sockets and a screen that decided your tubes fate. The one thing you feared was that your tubes were OK...what then!!!
Tube amplifiers (early stereo) were 'sweet'. Made music personal...kind of like "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance". One with the medium.
I remember when the vinyl LP racks carried two versions of new releases: MONO and STEREO.
But, then again...I also remember when I could see my toes while standing up.
What a great book that was. I wish I could still find my copy. It was given to me by a man I consider as one of my greatest mentors.
You have possibilities!