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12th Apr 2021, 10:53 am | #1 |
Nonode
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Warsaw, Poland and Cambridge, UK
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Centre for Computing History CRT TV pile
I've just seen this YouTube posting from Jason Fitzpatrick at the Centre for Computing History in Cambridge:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1CCseq8llw He's been offered a big pile of CRT TVs and monitors and wants help finding homes for them. Many of them look to be in poor condition, but they seem to span dates from the 1970s to 2000s. I spotted a good few classics in amongst the basket cases. On the YouTube page is an email address that you can get in touch with him on if interested. I have no connection other than as an occasional visitor to and donator to the CFCH. Chris
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12th Apr 2021, 3:04 pm | #2 |
Dekatron
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Greater Manchester, UK.
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Re: Centre for Computing History CRT TV pile
Shango066 would take the lot if he could.
As for me, the only thing that caught my eye was this valve radio, can anyone ID it?
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12th Apr 2021, 3:18 pm | #3 |
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Re: Centre for Computing History CRT TV pile
It looks like a Cossor Melody Maker 500AC that's been got at.
https://www.radiomuseum.org/r/cossor...c_rimlock.html |
12th Apr 2021, 3:42 pm | #4 |
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Re: Centre for Computing History CRT TV pile
Yes its the bakelite melody maker the 501
https://www.radiomuseum.org/r/cossor...er_501_ac.html Cheers Mike T
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12th Apr 2021, 7:40 pm | #5 |
Heptode
Join Date: Mar 2014
Location: Meath, Ireland
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Re: Centre for Computing History CRT TV pile
Hopefully some of them can be saved.
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12th Apr 2021, 8:20 pm | #6 |
Nonode
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Coningsby, Lincolnshire, UK.
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Re: Centre for Computing History CRT TV pile
If I had room, I'd be down there in a flash! They do look a mess, but I bet some will clean up ok. I particularly like the Toshiba, the one with most of it's cabinet missing! My parent's TV as I was growing up was the non-remote version, and it's still in the workshop (right behind me!) and still working well. It kind of reminds me of the telly pile that I used to rummage through at the tip, only the telly's were less rotten back then!
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21st Apr 2021, 4:05 pm | #7 | |
Nonode
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Gloucester, Glos. UK.
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Re: Centre for Computing History CRT TV pile
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Still have it too, Unfortunatly i dont have any room for TVs now otherwise i would be trying to save one or two. I do have an enormous box of new old stock remote controls for TVs from the 70s 80s 90s if anyone is in need of one.
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