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Old 25th Dec 2018, 1:25 pm   #164
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Default Re: Scopes used on The Prisoner- Roband RO50

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Originally Posted by Diabolical Artificer View Post
In an episode of the Prisoner recently I spotted this scope, see pic, but can't find a lot about them. Anyone familiar with them at all? This one looks a bit HP ish but others that have come up look like Tek copies..
I recall a Roband 19" format 'scope very much like that in the physics lab at school in the early '80s, with interchangeable modules secured by long studding with chrome heads, it was a hybrid and looked very well made. One of the bigger valves, presumably a regulator, had thin metal push-over finning around the envelope, the first time I'd come across this. It just sat in a remote cupboard and never seemed to get used, possibly if I'd had a quiet diplomatic hint with the right personality, I might have been able to secure it. I suspect it became land-fill long, long ago,

Colin
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