These darned old computers

From: Sellam Ismail <foo_at_siconic.com>
Date: Tue Aug 27 23:39:01 2002

On Wed, 28 Aug 2002, Tony Duell wrote:

> Some US company (I forget who) made an ultrasonic remote controlled
> valve TV where the remote was essentially tuned metal bars that were
> mechanically hit when the button was pressed. No electronics in the
> handset at all. The receiver in the TV detected one of 4 (or so)
> different frequencies corresponding to the 4 buttons on the remote, and
> then operated a relay to trigger the appropriate function (I think
> channel selection was done using an electromechanical stepping swtich,
> etc).

Boy, I'd like to get my hands on one of those remotes.

Anyone know the exact model number of the TV that used it?

Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival
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