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AOpen Debuts The Funniest Motherboard Ever

Posted by chrisd on from the if-this-is-real-i-will-buy-it dept.

Anonymous Coward X-11 writes "Has AOpen gone flipping nuts by putting vacuum tubes on its motherboards? AX4B-533Tube No, it's not replacing logic ICs with discrete components. The tubes are part of the on board audio. Not sure if they are serious about this. April 1 was two months ago." As an owner of a tube headphone amplifier I applaud AOpen's move to accomodate the high-end audio enthusiast, while simultaneous wondering about the ability of a switched psu to properly drive a tube amplification stage cleanly. There's no way this is for real, right? Right? Here's a link that seems to work pretty well. And this looks pretty, well, real. Update: /. reader Jedi1USA noted that HardOCP has more pics of the board.

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  1. Re:Ahhh... by 3th3rn3t · · Score: 0, Troll

    next thing we will see will be "Coax display output" ... go figure , some people never learn !

  2. Vacuum tubes and fan-out by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    What is the fan-out of a vacuum stage tube, or more importantly, how long until LNUX is delisted? LNUX lost 8% today, that following on the heels of it's descent from a valuation of $250.00(USA) only proves that slashdot sux. If you know someone who is a linix advocate in light of these facts, please bitch-slap them because they should know better.

    FACT: slahsdot is almost dead.

  3. Slashdot Hipocracy. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    "...that's the Microsoft I love! Two posts before me and the site's already gone. Excellent!"

    Of course, if the server were running Linux and had become slashdotted, and I said, "...that's the Linux I love! Two posts before me and the site's already gone. Excellent!" I would be modded down quite hastily.

  4. Oh sure, and next thing you know. . . by kfg · · Score: 1, Troll

    Macintosh will be a computer.

    KFG