>Quick throw this guy off the list he is obviously NOT a collector <grin>
20+ machines I think qualifies me as a collector... or insane !? Probably
both.
>I used to collect old radios (from the 20's and earlier) and the most
>important thing with them was to keep them looking original inside and out.
>We used to go to the trouble of melting out old capacitors, gutting them
>and then inserting new capacitors INSIDE the old bodies and then sealing
>them up to look original. A bit looney I know, but still I knew it looked
>original inside and out!
>
This is HARDCORE. I thought I was bad!
>Still have my collection just haven't added to it in the last thirty
>years...(would love an old Atwater Kent breadboard!)
I'll keep an eye out for you!
>>Steven Winslow wrote:
>> >
>> > Hello All !
>> >
>> > I'm going to be undergoing refurbing - get this - A Computer Space ! The
>> > original GE Black & White TV works but begins to fail after just a few a
>> > minutes and I suspect that a bunch of the vacuum tubes need replacing.
>> >
>> > Does anyone have a good source (online - preferably) for tubes ?
>>
>>I've got some. But the other commenter is correct, I think; it's likely
>>to be a flaky capacitor.
>>
>>Truth be told, though, I think you'd be far better off replacing the
>>entire monitor with something a little more solid-state. Any thrift
>>shop should have a working B&W set in the dollar bin.
>>
>>HTH,
>>
>>Matt J. McCullar
>>Arlington, TX
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