[hsusmann]

morzh,

Yes, I suppose I could just switch the socket over to an octal.
I did not look up the price of the other eye tubes to see if
they were much cheaper. I will do that now. I was assuming that
all eye tubes were about the same price but it seems not?

I like the idea of being able to power down the tube to save it.
Most of the time it just sits there burning phosphor and serving
no purpose except "looking cool".

Herb