13 Nov
2003
13 Nov
'03
12:06 p.m.
Quothe Tony Duell, from writings of Thu, Nov 13, 2003 at 11:14:21PM +0000:
Colour CRT? That's modern... Dern it, I still have
a 60-year-old (or so)
VCR97 radar CRT on the shelf (complete with mu-metal can and B12F base
The oldest spare CRT that I have is probably still somewhat newer than
that; a CRT from an old (late 1940s, I would guess) DuMont
oscilloscope.
connector). VCR, of course, stands for 'Valve,
Cathode Ray', and is a UK
military number.
Very interesting!
ObClassiccmp. The VCR97 has a classic computer
application totally
unrelated to displaying anything. What is it?
Is it also some sort of storage valve used for memory?
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