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Old 08-05-2014, 06:47 AM
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Originally Posted by tomwed View Post
In the 60's when the tv, radio or amplifier was on the fritz my Dad would remove all the tubes, put them in a shoe box and send me to the drugstore. The drugstore had a tube tester. Each tube had a number printed on it and I would look up the number on the chart. The chart told you where to set a bunch of levers and then you pulled down the "Good or Bad" lever.

The druggest would sell me replacement tubes and Dad did the rest when I returned.

That came to mind today because I read that Radio Shack's days may also be numbered.
Marra's Drugstore?...Cohoes?