Outphaseing of technology (was: Hummer / Asteroids

From: R. D. Davis <rdd_at_rddavis.org>
Date: Thu Nov 13 20:06:42 2003

Quothe Tony Duell, from writings of Thu, Nov 13, 2003 at 11:14:21PM +0000:
> Colour CRT? That's modern... Dern it, I still have a 60-year-old (or so)
> VCR97 radar CRT on the shelf (complete with mu-metal can and B12F base

The oldest spare CRT that I have is probably still somewhat newer than
that; a CRT from an old (late 1940s, I would guess) DuMont
oscilloscope.

> connector). VCR, of course, stands for 'Valve, Cathode Ray', and is a UK
> military number.

Very interesting!

> ObClassiccmp. The VCR97 has a classic computer application totally
> unrelated to displaying anything. What is it?

Is it also some sort of storage valve used for memory?

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