[Tridacnid]

WANT!

Vacuum Tube Chess Set

 

[moogoob]

You'd need gloves to play.

 

[ecclesand]

That's just a waste of good tubes.

 

[tenzip]

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Originally Posted by ecclesand /img/forum/go_quote.gif That's just a waste of good tubes.

Hopefully they weren't. Please say they didn't use still-working tubes.

 

[olblueyez]

I want one.

 

[some1x]

Pretty sweet, if I may say so myself.

 

[alphaphoenix]

Interesting. My jaw will drop if the next version is a "death-match" with the board connected to very high voltage transformer. Well, you get the idea.

 

[kevin gilmore]

they are specially made cold cathode gas tubes and don't get hot.
Argon for the blue, neon for the red.

 

[jilgiljongiljing]

kinda cool

 

[flashnolan]

I'm sorry but it just looks silly.

 

[logwed]

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Originally Posted by flashnolan /img/forum/go_quote.gif I'm sorry but it just looks silly.

Are you kidding?? That is sooo cool!

 

[tintin47]

That is awesome. It would be fun to make one. Are tubes like that expensive?

 

[spookygonk]

Surely you'd have to power off the board, wait until it cools down, then move a piece and power it up again. Take far too long to play a game...

 

[olblueyez]

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Originally Posted by kevin gilmore /img/forum/go_quote.gif they are specially made cold cathode gas tubes and don't get hot. Argon for the blue, neon for the red.

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Originally Posted by spookygonk /img/forum/go_quote.gif Surely you'd have to power off the board, wait until it cools down, then move a piece and power it up again. Take far too long to play a game...

Ever see the cathode light tubes in a computer? Its plug and play and they dont get hot.

 

[mattcalf]

I see a few comments that are probably from head-fiers:

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Many amps gave their lives to bring this to us...

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Now if one could also plug your speakers into it and use it as an amp....that would be beyond awesome. Although I fear that playing a game with music playing through that would be a terrible idea.