Now, when I talk about valves, THAT is what I am fuckin talkin about. None of your pussy little teeny valves for me, no sir.
Chy
Looks like Marvin the depressed robot in the 80's BBC-TV version of Hitchikers' Guide to the Universe....
Graydon Forrer
40 yrs ago, there was one of these in the Science Museum in Kensington. You could strike it up by pressing a button on the display case: this created an impressive blue glow and buzzing noise. The rectified power was sent to London Underground. As a child, I loved it.
Mike