[BC] Where old TVs go...

[Fred Gleason]

On Thursday 30 June 2005 11:31, Jerry Mathis wrote:
> 1. TV's were more costly back then, and worth repairing. If it broke down,
> it usually ended up at a repair shop. If it was decided not to fix it, the
> TV shop junked it.

And 'junking' it *didn't* mean just throwing it out.  I can remember helping 
my Dad do this as a kid.  Power xformers, tubes, pots -- there was a 
veritable king's ransom of useable parts in there!  We'd even save the AC 
power cords for subsequent reuse.  These were the old metallic chassis with 
'point-to-point' wiring on terminal strips.  Later, when the manufacturers 
starting going to printed wiring (early 70s?), the yield of salvageable parts 
dropped sharply.  Today, of course, the power cord is about the only thing 
that still is reusable.  Ah, the glory days of hardware!  These days, all the 
fun lives on the *software* side.  :)

Cheers!


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