Re: Richardson

Yeah, it would have made sense to go to RCA, IF they wanted hundreds of thousands of tubes. I suspect it was easier to deal with Richardson than RCA. Manufacturers have a
tendency to steer you to an authorized distributor instead of dealing direct. Makes it much easier for them.

Noel Johnson wrote:

> On Wed, 09 Feb 2000 12:11:13 Rodger Boots wrote:
> >For example, when Wells-Gardner decided to make their vector monitor, they got the
> >TUBES from Richardson.
>
> Wouldn't it have made more sense for WG to have bought directly from RCA, the original manufacturer of the tube? After all they built 10's of thousands of those monitors. ;-)
>
> I suspect they steer people to Richardson now because they are aware that Richardson sells hard to find tubes.
>
> Noel
>
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