[Boatanchors] 1625 tube

[Troglodite at aol.com]

In a message dated 10/7/04 10:44:13 AM Central Daylight Time,  
gzook at yahoo.com writes:

> Although the 1625 was designed well before the U.S.
entry into  World War II it was a bit of an "education"
(actually more like being  reminded of) the fact that
there is still some history to be learned about  many
of the things that we take for granted. <
 
That is true. The 1625 is also an octal base, verses the 5 pin based 807. I  
was surprised to find octal based tubes in sets from 1937. Apparently, the 
octal  design appeared a few years before I originally thought it did.
 
Doug Moore