Kozmix Go, 01-SEP-2022
valve [name ...]
valve will run through valve names given either on the command line or as stdin and attempt to decode any information that can be gleaned from them.
.EX $ valve ecc83 ECC83 heater: 6.3V or 6.3/12.6V base: B9A noval function: 1. Small-signal triode function: 2. Small-signal triode aliases: B339 7025 12AX7 6057 M8137
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valve works best with European Philips/Mullard designations (like ECC83) or American R.E.T.M.A. designations for which valve knows a Philips/Mullard equivalent (like 12AX7). It can tell very little from R.E.T.M.A. names alone, and nothing at all from valve designations that don't follow either scheme.
valve will sometimes mis-identify valves that don't use either of the two naming schemes mentioned (for example the KT66, which looks like a Philips/Mullard name to valve but isn't).
valve hasn't been hipped yet to some very obscure valve sockets (Philips/Mullard names that end in more than two digits) or to inverted names (like E83CC).
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