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Article #19326Old equipment, still going strong
From: John Pantone
Date: Fri, 24 Jun 1988 20:19
Date: Fri, 24 Jun 1988 20:19
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I have a Motorola color TV which we bought for my grandmother in the
sixties. It is pre-quasar, in fact the only transistors in it are in
the tuner. With the exception of replacing a few tubes from time to
time, and re-converging the guns infrequently, it is still going
strong. Beautiful picture, and reasonably good sound. We're talking
20+ years here!
I wouldn't have even thought that this was possible (drying out of
capacitors, transformer windings breaking from 20 years of fatigue,
etc.). Has anyone else had experiences with such long lived
electronics?
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These opinions are solely mine and in no way reflect those of my employer.
John M. Pantone @ GE/Calma R&D, 9805 Scranton Rd., San Diego, CA 92121
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