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From: The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid>
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Subject: Re: The joy of FORTRAN
Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2025 11:06:49 +0000
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On 10/03/2025 05:18, rbowman wrote:
> On Sun, 9 Mar 2025 20:57:13 -0400, c186282 wrote:
> 
>>     China still makes some audio tubes ... as does some plant in the
>>     Czech Republic (made BY HAND). Here and there, some people or old
>>     shops still have big boxes of tubes - many still good or never used.
>>     Gotta FIND 'em though - eBay sometimes advertises a stash.
> 
> They are no longer labeled Svetlana but I believe some audio tubes are
> still manufactured in Russia.
> 
Wasn't it 'Sylvania'?

Oh... those are made in the USA.


> https://shop.ehx.com/category/tubes-vacuum-svetlana/
> 
> I don't know if they're NOS or current production.

Loads of valves are in current production.

Mostly in the USA


-- 
When plunder becomes a way of life for a group of men in a society, over 
the course of time they create for themselves a legal system that 
authorizes it and a moral code that glorifies it.

  Frédéric Bastiat