On Tuesday, February 9, 2021 at 4:32:37 PM UTC-7, wrote:
Big Bad Boob wrote:
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https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2012...rn-vacuum-tube
cool stuff. Seems to work without a heated cathode. not sure if voltage
"across the source and the drain" is in any way responsible for
thermionic emission or some other mechanism...
** Lemme see - there is no vacuum, no tube, no thermionic emission and
electrons travel across a tiny air space. Right ?
" VaccumTube" my arse.
The author must be a u-tuber - deliberately *misnaming* to get clicks.
..... Phil
It actually *is* a vacuum tube, but it's pretty flaky. There are a bunch
of effects pedals out now (and an amp or two) which use it. Here's
a couple of URLs on it, one from the manufacturer:
https://korgnutube.com/en/
https://diyaudiostore.com/products/korg-nutube
The second one has some numbers and graphs and stuff.
If you want to mess with one, they'll be glad to sell it to you
for only fifty bucks US. (OUCH!)
Lastly, you should watch this - this guy is so absolutely clueless
you'll be ROFL by the time you get to the end. His comment about
the exhaust port is especially hilarious:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Azl1vzoLpA
He probably posts to alt.guitar.amps. ;-)
Lord Valve