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Jon_G4MDC · 19th Mar 2023, 7:42 pm

It's a very hazy memory but I seem to remember a circuit that used small reed relays (maybe encapsulated in about 3/4" or so of glass) as the basis of a Dalek voice machine.

The longer 2" ones were used in early computers too. I'm thinking of a Xerox place in Elstree about 197x. They worked in Octal.

As I recall the reliability of reed relays was quite good.

19th Mar 2023, 7:42 pm	#8
Jon_G4MDC Nonode Join Date: Nov 2015 Location: Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, UK. Posts: 2,015	Re: Boonton RF Probes; Diode Replacement It's a very hazy memory but I seem to remember a circuit that used small reed relays (maybe encapsulated in about 3/4" or so of glass) as the basis of a Dalek voice machine. The longer 2" ones were used in early computers too. I'm thinking of a Xerox place in Elstree about 197x. They worked in Octal. As I recall the reliability of reed relays was quite good.