Russell McMahon <PICLIST@mitvma.mit.edu> wrote:

> For the uninitiated, a Nuvistor is a FET with a heating element inside :-)
>
> Well, maybe not quite. They were (are?) very small vacuum tubes with a metal
> casing

    "Were", not "are"; as far as I know, no one is making them
    anymore.

    However, they ARE being designed into new products; Musical
    Fidelity's "Nu-Vista" amplifiers and CD player use nuvistors,
    and MF are apparently stocking a spare set of nuvistors for each
    unit they ship.

    -Andy

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=== Cypress Semiconductor Corporation
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