Found: CTC-6

[old_coot88]

Originally Posted by oldtvman

Being around this field for a long long time, I thought someone had found a chassis I didn't know existed.

Being a lifelong aviation nut, I had a similar reaction to learning about the Douglas DC-5 airliner.
http://www.bing.com/search?q=douglas...0AF0&FORM=QBLH

[Tom9589]

Likewise about the absence of Windows 9. I have heard of two possibilities of why this version was skipped.

1. One of Microsoft's significant customers considers the number 9 to be unlucky.
2. Some primitive programs query the operating system to see what version is running. There was some concern that Windows 9 could somehow be confused with Windows 95 or Windows 98. Yes, there are still computers out there which still run in Windows 95 and 98.

[Electronic M]

Originally Posted by Tom9589

Likewise about the absence of Windows 9. I have heard of two possibilities of why this version was skipped.

1. One of Microsoft's significant customers considers the number 9 to be unlucky.
2. Some primitive programs query the operating system to see what version is running. There was some concern that Windows 9 could somehow be confused with Windows 95 or Windows 98. Yes, there are still computers out there which still run in Windows 95 and 98.

2. I hear is the main reason. Web pages also query operating system ID and many major ones use the first digit of the Windows number to ID the system....It is easier to change your OS name before market than make the whole internet learn to figure out, and deal with irate customers and web developers in the mean time...

[Pete Deksnis]

Originally Posted by wa2ise

I think RCA skipped many CTC numbers.

True. Here's a link to the reason why there was never a "lucky" CTC13. From years ago on my site:

http://www.earlytelevision.org/Deksnis/CTC13.html

Pete

[miniman82]

Who owns that, do you know?

[Tom9589]

Originally Posted by Pete Deksnis

True. Here's a link to the reason why there was never a "lucky" CTC13. From years ago on my site:

http://www.earlytelevision.org/Deksnis/CTC13.html

Pete

Pete, do I understand this article correctly that RCA developed 90 degree, 21 roundie? Was the neck the size of a 70 degree roundie or the smaller neck of a typical 90 degree rectangular CRT?

[Pete Deksnis]

Originally Posted by miniman82

Who owns that, do you know?

This guy was located in Pennsylvania about 125 miles from where I lived in NJ, and I had planned to go see the set (and a one-of-a-kind 15-in. color proto chassis he had), but before that happened he backed away. I felt at the time it may have been because I was bringing other collectors into the mix, and he didn't seem okay with that. Who knows...

Anyway, I think I can locate his name and address if you want to pursue this.

Ed Reitan asked at the time whether on not I had actually seen a CTC13 marking the chassis, which I had not, although I still feel the story is true.

Pete

[Pete Deksnis]

Originally Posted by Tom9589

Pete, do I understand this article correctly that RCA developed 90 degree, 21 roundie? Was the neck the size of a 70 degree roundie or the smaller neck of a typical 90 degree rectangular CRT?

It could have been a typo on my part. That is his photo of the CRT in question. Note it is a C74nnn rather than our familiar C73nnn -- further impetus I guess to try to track this guy down.

Pete

[wa2ise]

Originally Posted by Tom9589

Likewise about the absence of Windows 9. I have heard of two possibilities of why this version was skipped.

1. One of Microsoft's significant customers considers the number 9 to be unlucky.

Guess there will be no Windows13...

[miniman82]

Please let us know Pete, being a 21" guy I was surprised to hear about the CTC that never came to be.

[matt99]

Originally Posted by Electronic M

2. I hear is the main reason. Web pages also query operating system ID and many major ones use the first digit of the Windows number to ID the system...

How then are Windows 95 and 98 not mixed up?

[stromberg6]

Originally Posted by old_tv_nut

Everyone knows that the CTC-6 was never produced because the 21AXCYP22, which combined a glass funnel and a solid metal faceplate, was a sorry failure.

Sounds like something Earl Muntz might have tried.
Kevin

[Tom9589]

Originally Posted by matt99

How then are Windows 95 and 98 not mixed up?

Windows 95 and Windows 98 are very similar so the parameters would probably be similar, if not identical.

[Electronic M]

Originally Posted by Tom9589

Windows 95 and Windows 98 are very similar so the parameters would probably be similar, if not identical.

Bingo!