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Originally Posted by etype2
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Very interesting... Did Motorola actually claim to have developed a
flat CRT for the unit? Do you have any details?
A few things come to mind:
!. Since the unit is on a long cable, the complex driving circuitry could have been located apart from the display, making for a compact unit, even in the era before complicated ICs, so perhaps it would have been possible.
2. Perhaps the body of the unit could have contained a small monochrome CRT and a mirror/lens system similar to the Philco Safari. Again could have been possible with remote electronics.
3. The caption says "talk to a nurse and
operate a combination radio-television set"...Which may be an indication that this was just a "nurse call button" combined with a fancy radio/tv remote control... but it sure looks like a display screen.
Scratching my head over this one, thanks for posting it!
jr