Outphaseing of technology (was: Hummer / Asteroids

From: Stan Barr <stanb_at_dial.pipex.com>
Date: Fri Nov 14 03:08:40 2003

Hi,

ard_at_p850ug1.demon.co.uk (Tony Duell) said:
>
> 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
> connector). VCR, of course, stands for 'Valve, Cathode Ray', and is a UK
> military number.
>
> ObClassiccmp. The VCR97 has a classic computer application totally
> unrelated to displaying anything. What is it?

Memory?? Like in Williams Tube?


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Stan Barr  stanb_at_dial.pipex.com
The future was never like this!
Received on Fri Nov 14 2003 - 03:08:40 GMT

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