[R-390] R390 Looking for more strange parts.

[Flowertime01 at wmconnect.com]

Fellows, 

I am looking for some more parts. Once upon a time you could find both 7 
and 9 pin plugs that mated with the tube sockets. The plugs come with a length 
of plastic tube that formed a shell / cover /case. You soldered up things 
on the plug (transistor stuff that mimic tubes), placed the plastic tube over 
the stuff and potted that. This made a nice thing to plug into a tube 
socket. Once upon a time a Fellow in northern California was making solid-state 
tubes substitutes this way. I really would like 3 or 4 of the 9 pin models of 
these plugs and shells. I have not been able to find any of them on the 
Internet. Any ideas where to look? I want to stuff two with a diode to make a 
26Z5 replacement. I want to stuff a 3rd with a 5 watt 47 ohm resistor to fake 
a ballast tube. The R390 I am working on is like virgin. I see no need to 
start soldering under the deck if I can just make up some nice reversible 
plug in sand state devices.

Thanks 

Roger Ruszkowski</HTML>