<t>this is not a commercial post and therefore not appropriate for e-bay. I am trying to help an elderly friend of mine to donate old electronic scientific devices to someone who would appreciate them, rather than having them disposed of and turned into scrap metal. From the two posts that I have re...

<t>I am a new member, (as in 20 minutes). I don't know if this the forum that I looking for, but it looked promising. A friend has been a collector of scientific instruments such as tube based electronics, vacuum systems etc. for many years. Being ancient (circa 1970) and tube based whether they wil...