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  • jz.tuskjztusk@mastodon.social
    Jan 18, 2026, 7:17 PM

    @on1arf @IPXFong

    I think it just used low voltage/current to detect complete breaks.

    Thinking back, I feel like I've been told that CRT displays had a huge capacitor in them, and the idea of your average TV owner opening one up sounds awfully dangerous.

    Oh well, generation "riding the the back seat of the car without seatbelts while the parents smoked away in the front seat", I guess.

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  • Rafa 🦤ipxfong@mastodon.sdf.org
    Jan 18, 2026, 9:15 PM

    @jztusk @on1arf
    My memory is a little hazy but this would have been the late 70s. The machine was dusty and they didn't care that I was messing around with it and the tubes so I don't think anyone was using it anymore. I imagine it just wasn't worth the trouble of hauling it away.

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  • Kristoff (ON1ARF)on1arf@mastodon.radio
    Jan 20, 2026, 9:40 AM

    @jztusk @IPXFong Yes,, that where the days:

    “In those days spirits were brave, the stakes were high, men were real men, women were real women and small furry creatures from Alpha Centauri were real small furry creatures from Alpha Centauri.”
    ― Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy

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