20 Dec
2005
20 Dec
'05
11:27 p.m.
On Tue, 20 Dec 2005 18:40:31 +0000 (GMT)
ard at p850ug1.demon.co.uk (Tony Duell) wrote:
*offtopic*
I also like collecting old tapes. I have a 'Christmas 1953' tape
On 12/20/2005 at 12:10 AM ard at p850ug1.demon.co.uk wrote:
Actuallym this tape recorder uses (germanium) transistors. I'm
still looking for the mains-powered valved version (EL3514).
But yes, certainly a lot of valve radios, etc, had a schematic
inside
I recently bought a second-hand Philips
'upright'
reel-to-reel tape recorder, and found a schematic glued to
the inside of the case. At one time this was quite common on
consumer electronic devices I believe.
Not at all uncommon on radios and TVs using vacuum tubes
(valves). Very from some unknown Indiana family. Dad had gotten a new
tape
recorder and the microphone got passed around to the whole family.
Dad was obviously an A.V. nerd.
Some of the cheapest, most commmon radios had a schematic inside.
My Zenith Royal 500 does, and the transistors are even socketed.