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Hey Zeno !
Remember these ?
I photographed the back so folks could see that these were "punch cards" , a technology that most under 50 may not be familiar with , unless of course they have one of RCA's "cardmatic" tube testers . For those who've never seen one of these cards , this is how a TV shop would order the tubes it needed , with a different card for each tube type . This card was ordering five 3AT2B tubes as indicated at the top left corner of the card . |
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I mean, I'm not one of those 'most.'
But wait wait. You're saying that a tv shop would need a card punching machine to order tubes? #doubtit. I'd imagine that Zenith would simply send their own punch card of the order along with the tubes that were ordered. But it's still cool, either way. |
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Cant say I have seen one. I would guess it was only used in
Chicago. Most Zenith was sold through independent distributors. They sold sets, parts & had service depts. I doubt any had computers til late. I suppose you could throw them in a box when a sleeve ran low & when one of the indies salesmen comes weekly you could hand them over. Other than that I think its just a "look what we can do" type thing. I see no advantage over writing the number on the want list. 73 Zeno LFOD ! |
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Ah Lynn the city of sin. Odds are I had seen them but didnt register in my
mind or I forgot. We had tons of Zenith tubes even some loctals that were in sealed cans never opened. BTW Boston Zenith was Northeastern Distributors, Vassar St. Cambridge. Also sold Kelvanator, Gusdorf & other things. Admiral was in Medfid, RCA, GE, Panny, Motorola & Sony Service were all on University Ave. in Westwood. I did a stretch at Sony back abt 1977 doing mostly smalls. Got sick of changing clocks half the day & left. 73 Zeno LFOD ! Quote:
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IDK, if it was intended for the dealer or the distributor for reorder, possibly both. I was a small-time part-time operator, but there was certain types where I'd buy five at a time. Naturally 6GH8's. The Zenith distributor had a better price on tubes, than the rest of the jobbers. |
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