11 Mar
2004
11 Mar
'04
6:44 p.m.
On 12 Mar 2004, Jules Richardson wrote:
I'm amazed the tube didn't implode to be
honest, or I didn't smash any
of the boards. Net damage seems to be the loss of a 4" chunk of plastic
from front of the casing...
CRTs are amazingly tough. I've dropped more than a few on accident from
4-5 feet and they usually just bounce. Normally the enclosure gets
damaged but the CRT--even the neck--stays intact. Only one television
stands out in my memory that fell flat on its face from a height of about
2-3' and imploded, but that was the exception.
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Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival
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