tony wrote:coke bottle or ST "shouldered tubes" came first and found in bigger consoles,
as time went on the GT or glass tubes emerged, straight glass is easier and cheaper to make.
thanks Tony!
So simply due to cost!
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tony wrote:coke bottle or ST "shouldered tubes" came first and found in bigger consoles,
as time went on the GT or glass tubes emerged, straight glass is easier and cheaper to make.
tony wrote:all decisions taken at the time and even today are based on cost impact....
competition then was as tight as a vise, and yet these tube manufacturers
buy tubes from one another when their production can not meet their shipping schedules...
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