See below for my comments
>> You can safely let the air in (or vacuum out) of a CRT by breaking the
>> "tit" on the back end of the CRT where the air was evacuated. It may be
>> covered by the plug for the electrical connections. If it is then just
>> break the plug off. The glass is very thin there and I've seen may people
>> just use a karate chop motion with almost any metal object to break the end
>> of the tit off. That will let the air in and the rest of the tube stays
>> intact.
>
>I just did that accidentally to a Mac SE. :-( I was trying to remove a
>cable from the innards and my hand slipped and wacked the board on the
>back of the CRT and skewed it far enough to bust that little tit. Now I
>have *more* spare Mac parts.
Hmmm, UPS just "safely let the air in (or vacuum out)" of a TRS-80 Model II
CRT for me by breaking the tit. Wasn't that nice of them?
Anyone know where I can get a replacement (hopefully without spending an
arm and a leg)? What model(s) CRTs will work?
Thanks,
A
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