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Old 11-15-2017, 08:53 PM
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This little Sony followed me home

There was this Sony TV-115 all-transistor B/W set sitting under a table behind where I work. I guess someone was dumpster diving at the antique store again.


http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...t/CGS_7758.jpg


http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...t/CGS_7757.jpg


http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...t/CGS_7759.jpg

While it does give a good picture though the VHF tuning knob is missing, plus the contrast and brightness have to be almost maxed to give a bright picture.
Aside from the handle and DC jack it doesn't seem all that interesting, except that apparently someone (who owned another TV-115) mailed Apple back in the 70's about how to make one work with their computer and one of Apple's tech support guys got back with this response:



Never heard of this Steven guy before.
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Old 11-15-2017, 09:38 PM
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Steven? Sounds like a really nice guy and really upstanding businessman.

I wonder if that signature is a rubber stamp or not.
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Old 11-16-2017, 07:10 AM
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Hard to remember now that there actually WAS a Human-Type Being at the very back of all the PC jargon..
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Old 11-16-2017, 11:30 AM
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Nice. I think those scratches on the screen will polish out with a scratch remover compound.
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Old 11-16-2017, 11:54 AM
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Sony had a way with that little stuff! A fine example you have there!
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Old 11-16-2017, 11:55 PM
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Nice set ,pix looks great and nice letter from late Mr Jobs.Mr Jobs sig looks real to me but a writing forensics expert could help on that. I might have a similar set here or I might mistakenly thinking of the Panasonic I have in the shed.
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Old 11-17-2017, 09:21 PM
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There was this Sony TV-115 all-transistor B/W set sitting under a table behind where I work. I guess someone was dumpster diving at the antique store again.


http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...t/CGS_7758.jpg


http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...t/CGS_7757.jpg


http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...t/CGS_7759.jpg

While it does give a good picture though the VHF tuning knob is missing, plus the contrast and brightness have to be almost maxed to give a bright picture.
Aside from the handle and DC jack it doesn't seem all that interesting, except that apparently someone (who owned another TV-115) mailed Apple back in the 70's about how to make one work with their computer and one of Apple's tech support guys got back with this response:



Never heard of this Steven guy before.
If you remove the dark screen, you'll probably have all the brightness you'll need.
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Old 11-18-2017, 10:38 AM
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I'm thinking this set and letter ought to be taken to a Antiques Roadshow event. A early piece of Apple history has got to be worth some bucks.
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Old 11-18-2017, 01:29 PM
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I didn't see where the letter came with the set, or even is in the OPs possession...
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Old 11-18-2017, 02:43 PM
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I didn't see where the letter came with the set, or even is in the OPs possession...
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Sorry i thought Electric City Radio supply was where Mips works and that it is the addressee of the apple letter. I inferred that this set and letter was something leftover/forgotten from mips workplace.
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Old 11-18-2017, 08:30 PM
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No, I do not have that letter. Again:

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apparently someone (who owned another TV-115)
It's the second image hit when you google the set, followed by...


...and a bunch of trash from Terapeak.

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Old 11-18-2017, 10:25 PM
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Well, my error exposed. no harm no foul. Nonetheless nice tv set which someone else wished to use with a early Apple computer. Still a nice tv.
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Old 11-28-2017, 05:40 AM
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Quite nice!!!!!!!
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