> The computing world will take into account what novell thinks

No. This isn't 1992 any more. Through the 1990s, Novell had a lock on a lot of systems, and they got fat and careless. Treated customers like dirt. (Shareholders too: just try to read their annual report online.)

When other ...

> a tube I've never heard of before. A 6jw8

Mundane little pentode-triode, general utility voltage amplification.

It is a late TV-era tube. Set makers wanted various combinations of tubes in one bottle to shave pennies out of the set cost. They also loved unique combinations when it meant ...

> records cut straight from mixed down cassettes?

Audio engineers can record anything they can hear.

But some jobs aren't worth doing.

There used to be cutters that would cut whatever you brought them, as long as you had the cash. These operators (as well as the Big Boys) mostly went out ...