OT: need to drive a vector CRT...

From: Vintage Computer Festival <vcf_at_siconic.com>
Date: Mon Sep 15 20:48:01 2003

On Mon, 15 Sep 2003, Gene Buckle wrote:

> I would guess zero. Something like that would be on the destroy list.

Hmmm...

> (Class C or D I think - it's been too long since I investigated such
> things). Basically the only chance you've got is finding one that escaped
> the system sideways and wasn't destroyed by the DRMO folks. For instance,
> the 2nd AN/ALR-56C display I have I bought off of eBay from a surplus
> dealer that got it in an Estate Sale.

So there are no graveyards somewhere in Arizona with decommissioned planes
waiting to be scrapped as I've heard?

> Do you happen to have an F-14A that needs one? :)

No, but the computer is significant in many, many ways, not the least of
which is that it contains a microprocessor that predates the Intel 4004:

http://www.microcomputerhistory.com

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