Re: What is a sold state vacuum tube voltmeter?

In article <gv0tph$jr$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
"William Sommerwerck" <grizzledgeezer@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

"Meat Plow" <meat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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On Tue, 19 May 2009 16:16:59 -0400, mm
<NOPSAMmm2005@xxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:

What is a sold state vacuum tube voltmeter?

It's a transistorized VTM that should only be used
to test vacuum tubes.

Hmmm... Does that mean that VTVMs should only be used to test transistors?

OK, here's a complete non-sequitur triggered by my brain's tendency to
free associate ...

Seymour Cray was once asked what kind of computer he used to design the
original Cray supercomputer. His reply: "I used a #2 pencil and a
quadrille pad."

Some years go by, and he's being interviewed again. The interviewer
says, "Did you know that Apple bought a Cray supercomputer to help them
design their new Mac?"

"That's funny," Mr. Cray says, "I just bought a Mac to help me design my
new supercomputer."

That's one of my favorite stories.
.

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