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As Kevin Kelly pointed out in his book What Technology Wants, most technologies never actually go extinct. There remain people who are still interested in makin
by troymc 3y ago
As Kevin Kelly pointed out in his book What Technology Wants, most technologies never actually go extinct. There remain people who are still interested in making "new" ones and reparing broken ones. And thanks to the internet, it's fairly easy to find them. For tube radios:
http://www.xtalman.com/ http://www.xtalman.com/ --- Borden Radio Company sells kits to make all kinds of old radios, including tube radios.
https://vacuumtubes.net/ https://vacuumtubes.net/ --- "Welcome to the Vacuum Tubes division of Radio Electric Supply, home of the largest supply of New Old Stock vacuum tubes in the world."
- delgaudm 3y agoAssuming the manufacturer "allows" it repairable at all, which seems to be a lot less common now.
- mindcrime 3y agoYeah, pretty big change over the decades in that regard. 1940's radio? Comes with schematic, repair manual, and an order form for replacement parts. 2020's radio? Comes closed with special "security" screws, adhesive, etc., encrypted firmware, and a nearly guaranteed lawsuit if you have the audacity to open it up, reverse engineer it and publish schematics, repair instructions, etc. This is not progress. :-(
- ddingus 3y agoWith few exceptions, what they want doesn't matter much. People hack, modify, whatever it takes to make it work. We basically keep instances of damn near anything. Which it were easier. It should be.