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		CamperBob2 on Sept 10, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Glowing mercury thyratrons: inside a 1940s Teletyp... More pr0n for thyratron fans (Monarch 10EE lathe): https://youtu.be/k15pWPBNAUE?t=45s https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=264474 These were made from 1939 through at least the 1990s, although the vacuum tubes went away in the mid-1980s. Amazingly long-lived product.

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