Re: The joy of FORTRAN

On Mon, 10 Mar 2025 11:06:49 +0000, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

On 10/03/2025 05:18, rbowman wrote:

On Sun, 9 Mar 2025 20:57:13 -0400, c186282 wrote:
 

    China still makes some audio tubes ... as does some plant in the
    Czech Republic (made BY HAND). Here and there, some people or old
    shops still have big boxes of tubes - many still good or never
    used.
    Gotta FIND 'em though - eBay sometimes advertises a stash.

 
They are no longer labeled Svetlana but I believe some audio tubes are
still manufactured in Russia.
 

Wasn't it 'Sylvania'?
 
Oh... those are made in the USA.

'Were' afaik. We did quite a bit of contract work for the GTE Sylvania
lighting division in the '70s, but GTE started selling off visions in the
early '80s and no longer exists as a company. I think the Sylvania brand
name was sold and may be around.

Another US success story. We got the contracts because the heavily
unionized plant in Massachusetts couldn't make anything at a profit.
Almost every company I was involved with in the '70s and '80s is dead and
gone.