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Vintage Computers Any vintage computer systems, calculators, video games etc., but with an emphasis on 1980s and earlier equipment. |
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26th Nov 2020, 4:19 pm | #1 |
Pentode
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Barnet, London, UK.
Posts: 167
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Recycling Tonto monitors
I worked for BT in the 80s/90s since the department was being closed down we had time to recycle new in box Tonto kit which was going in the skip. Some of the monitors were kept back and converted into Colour TVs with parts from Sends the TV parts shop. The Tubes were very good for TV use being Hi definition type. I used my one for many years.
I still have one of the mod sheets. Nobody wanted the New in box Tonto Keyboards! Keith |
28th Nov 2020, 8:43 pm | #2 |
Octode
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire, UK.
Posts: 1,885
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Re: Recycling Tonto monitors
I wish I had kept my ICL one per desk colour monitor it was excellent!
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6th Dec 2020, 7:05 pm | #3 |
Octode
Join Date: May 2018
Location: Northampton, Northamptonshire, UK.
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Re: Recycling Tonto monitors
Greenweld were selling the ICL One-per-desk Keyboards, processor boards & microdrives back in the late 80's, and I bought 1 of each.
But many years later, I picked up a complete Merlin Tonto (exc. moniitor) and also Microdrive cartridges from radio rallies. And I missed out winning a (rarer colour) monitor on eBay (I was surprised there would be many other bidders) a few months ago, from someone selling items for Cambridge's Centre for Computing History which no doubt has a few (I've certainly seen some on display in TNMoC at Bletchley Park). |