Vacuum tubes were always identified by the number of electrodes inside the tube. There were Diode (2) Triode (3) Tetrode (4) and Pentode (5)
There was also a Hexode which was a tube with TWO triodes inside. I've seen reference to an Octode, but cant find a definition.
My question is this: Did they ever make tubes with more than five electrodes (not including the dual varieties meaning more than one "tube" inside the same envelope)
If they did make tubes with 6 or 7 or 8 or more electrodes, what were they called?
- Yea, I still like playing around with tubes *
Thanks