[Jukebox-list] Re: 2050 tubes

[Ron Rich]

Wes,
  Thanks for the info, but I'm not sure that the answer lies with Guardian, since they also made steppers for RockOla and AMi, without the tubes--Ron Rich

Wesley Dean <wesleydean at cox.net> wrote:
  Ron, way back in the late thirties Seeburg made some arcade games, 
like Chicken Sam, Shoot the bear, Shoot the Coon and such. All used photo 
tubes and thryatrons. The gas tube was a 2A4G. This was a predecessor of the 
2050, with a 2.5 volt filament. Even then Guardian made the stepping 
switches. It is assumed that the Guardian engineers insisted on gas relay 
tubes, probably because no contact wear were associated with these. Once you 
have been indoctrinated in a particular mind set, it is extremely hard to 
break out. Witness the fact it is almost impossible to curtail the ingestion 
of nutrients. Wes
----- Original Message ----- 

Wes,
That leads to another interesting (to me, anyway) question. Do you know 
why Seeburg insisted on using a tube rather than the "relay" everyone else 
used? Ron Rich


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