is it possible to buy individual transistors that are in a vacuum tube form factor

@typhlosion hmm not that I know of... the electrical behavior of tubes is different than that of transistors, so they aren't drop-in replacements. but I wonder if a solid state vacuum tube replacement (with multiple components) is possible...

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@rey it's not for drop-in replacement so much as "it would be funny to build a computer in a similar form factor but more reliable and with less power draw"

@typhlosion that would be a lot of transistor-tubes! but it sure would be neat

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