Reece, I didn't see any of those transistors first-hand, but I read many of the manuals (my great-Uncle Sam and a couple of my older cousins were in the Air Force as well, studying electronics). Led me to disassemble many a radio in various houses I found myself in, and two TVs. My paternal grandmother, Deity rest her well, got me an old TV specifically to tear apart.
---------[ Received Mail Content ]---------- Subject : RE: [RE][scifinoir2] Fwd: A Fond Farewell to Analog TV Date : Sat, 13 Jun 2009 12:26:27 -0400 From : "Reece Jennings" <mcjennings...@yahoo.com> To : <scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com> HAHAHAHAHAHAHA! They're still around, disguised as HDTVs with their converters. Heck ALL of mine are Big-a$$ CRTs! I don't plan to change them, either! When I was in Air Force electronics school in 1967, we learned about how CRTs worked, then we learned about transistors. THAT was some transition. Transistors looked like 3-legged spiders, and they averaged a size of about a quarter to a fifty-cent piece. I remember NO TV ( I was 5), the transition to color. People are slow to change even in the face of deadlines! LOL! _____ From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:scifino...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Martin Baxter Sent: Friday, June 12, 2009 3:15 PM To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Subject: [RE][scifinoir2] Fwd: A Fond Farewell to Analog TV I'm gonna miss those big-a$$ cathode-ray tubes, personally... ;-) ---------[ Received Mail Content ]---------- Subject : [scifinoir2] Fwd: A Fond Farewell to Analog TV Date : Fri, 12 Jun 2009 13:48:33 -0400 >From : "brent wodehouse" To : scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com http://digg.com/d1teCg http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQdwk8Yntds http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQdwk8Yntds
