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Zenith "porthole" TV console. Needs a new rectifier tube in the power supply and a few cosmetic touch-ups, then it's good to go. Got it at a yard sale this afternoon.
I'm modding it into a TV that works. This will involve removing a grody old vacuum tube, and in its place putting in a working vacuum tube of exactly the same type. It will also involve replacing old capacitors with similar capacitors, and touching up the finish.BoneyCork wrote:It's only interesting if you're modding it into a secondary HD media center for the bedroom.
The best it gets is DVI, iircRoofus wrote:How many HDMI ports does it have?
That's kind of the direction we're headed in. I mean, we both still have modern computers, and our home theater is relatively up to date (HDTV, PS3, 5.1 channel sound system), but aside from that most of the stuff we have is older.Code-Red wrote:Soon enough your house/apartment is going to be filled with retro equipment.
Watch us every Saturday. Same Bat time, same Bat channel.BoneyCork wrote:I have absoslutely no interest in this sort of thing whatsoever, but I do enjoy the crazy misadventures of DMF.
Engadget actually had an article the other day about a USB conversion kit.Nico0020 wrote:I remember watching a documentary or something about a guy who collected stuff like this. He was able to get a hold of a near perfect old television set. The actual unit worked I think was a projector that you had to open the top to view. Some parts still had to be replaced, and (at the time) it was actually able to pick up one channel. My only interest in very retro electronics is in typewriters. I need to buy one of those modified to work with USB!
Understandable; I remember all too well what that was like, especially the time I had to sell my GameCube for rent money and my roommates got me a new one for my birthday.Nico0020 wrote:looks similar, but was a longer video with the owner actually talking and explaining what he had done to it. I've never actually seen a typewriter with LCD spellcheck lol. I don't have the money as of now since I am having to save up for next semester but I may contact you down the line about the 50's portable.
So, you like to wear a hat and hold a book while having sex.DaMadFiddler wrote:Our bed is an old waterbed frame with a normal mattress put on it:
...a relatively inexpensive Craigslist find.
Don't knock it 'til you try it.Manoel wrote:So, you like to wear a hat and hold a book while having sex.
NO ONE EXPECTS THE SPANISH INQUISITION!Ex-Cyber wrote:Don't knock it 'til you try it.Manoel wrote:So, you like to wear a hat and hold a book while having sex.