Hello Ian!
On 01 Sep 97, Ian Macaulay wrote to Rich Lockyer:
 IM> May 5 69, That is the half earth issue.  Course i don't have that
 IM> memorized but have a good catalog handy at all times.
Sure you do... ~8-)
 IM> Top quality is 20 grand for a reader, scanner.  The writer is probably
 IM> another 5.
Ouch.
 IM> I think that under the circumstances i will put up with a mid
 IM> to low end product:-)  I was looking at a scanner for a thousand a year 
or
 IM> so ago. It dropped to 499 nad then dissappeared from the market.
Mustek has some fair quality scanners at good prices, though for the 
difference in price, I'd prefer an HP.
 IM> Just the transformers?  What about the tubes?
I tend to assume that the tubes are dead since I don't have a tester.  I can 
get new and new-old-stock tubes at decent prices (by today's standards).  A 
pair of 6V6s or 6L6s will run me about $30 or so.  The transformers, by 
comparison, for a 15 to 30 watt guitar amp would run close to $200 (new 
Hammond).
 IM> I used to love playing with the tube stuff and then moved on to digital
 IM> stuff, I never really understood the circuitry in either till the 
igital
 IM> pathes were acheived.  Nowadays I am in the wilderness till someboidy
 IM> needa a board repaired:-)
I actually get along with the tube stuff better than I do the tranny stuff. 
The circuits are similar, but everything being so much bigger makes it easier 
to work on ~8-)
C-ya! Rich
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