1 Sep
2023
1 Sep
'23
1:31 a.m.
On 8/31/23 16:39, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote:
They were available with a variety of connectors.
Some of those switchboxes had a short flat wire with spade lugs as
output for connecting to the TV, and for input had screw terminal
antenna input, and RCA for the RF input from the RF modulator.
the Wikipedia article for the Sup'R'Mod II has a picture of one such.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sup%27R%27Mod
My first experience with cable TV, provided free, in an apartment that I
was renting was two coax cables coming from a wall plate, connected to a
switchbox. No set-top box in those days--and no commercials.
When the management decided that free cable was too generous, you could
still have it if you paid an extra fee with your rent. They were
sending service guys to disconnect those who didn't take them up on the
offer. I suspected that they were simply removing the coax cables from
the splitter in the wall cavity, so I removed them myself and stashed
them away.
The service people showed up and looked around the apartment and said
"Oh, I guess we've been here already." After they left, I hooked the
coax back up...
Confessions of an ill-spent youth.
--Chuck
--Chuck