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The Organ That Forgot To Use Transistors
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A Philips Philicordia electric organ from Eindhoven utilizes neon tubes as switching elements instead of transistors for its digital circuits. The instrument features conventional vacuum tube amplifiers and oscillators alongside an array of vintage Philips parts inside the chassis. This 1960s design predates affordable integrated logic chips by several years while maintaining a single voice electric organ exterior.
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