On Sat, 4 Jun 2005, Tony Duell wrote: >>> [1] The first 3 I ever bought, over 25 years ago, were 5/8", 3/4" and >>> 1+1/8". Why? >> seven-pin, nine-pin and octal tube sockets? > Exactly. We call the first 2 'B7G' and 'B9A' over here, BTW. We call the first two 'miniature' and 'noval'. Christian