FPGA VAX update, now DIY TTL computers

[woodelf]

Chuck Guzis wrote:

>On 11/8/2005 at 11:35 PM William Donzelli wrote:
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>>Running tubes at low plate voltages was not really an innovation -
>>engineers had always done this, and many normal tubes will actually work
>>at a quarter rated plate voltage or less. 
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>I had a few of those submini dual triodes, wire leads and all.
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The 6418 tube runs 1.25 volts @ 10 ma.  You can't beat that for low 
power. :)
In some ways  today is  good time to play with tubes ... you can get 
them cheap
compared to the past era's.