Actually, we are both wrong! I should have written 8x or 80 - 89 as a single digit implies the old side contact base, although all the examples I can think of end in 1 - I doubt if there were 8 different versions of any valve type in those days!
EDIT: Actually, the source I gave says:
1-9 Pinch-type construction valves, mostly P8 bases (P base, 8-pin side-contact) or European 5-pin (B base) and various other European pre-octal designs.
For some reason, I couldn't get the link to work just now - it threw up a DNS error! However, if I only past in the bit that starts with wikipedia, it brings up the page and changesthe url to the version I posted!
Is that weird, or not?
EDIT: Actually, the source I gave says:
1-9 Pinch-type construction valves, mostly P8 bases (P base, 8-pin side-contact) or European 5-pin (B base) and various other European pre-octal designs.
For some reason, I couldn't get the link to work just now - it threw up a DNS error! However, if I only past in the bit that starts with wikipedia, it brings up the page and changesthe url to the version I posted!
Is that weird, or not?
