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Dave:
I did not know Bert Soltoff, but I appreciated reading his notes from the Apple project. They provided a great insight into the engineering process and color tube development. The Apple program was kept pretty tight. Projects often got internal names after fruits. Don't ask why. The small neck 12 inch (12WP4) CRT was called the Peach tube.
I don't recognize the "776" chassis marking as anything that came out of the factory. Philco was pretty consistent about finish quality on factory-built products. It looks more like a job ticket number or something a service shop wrote on it.
Is your TV-123, with the mods, , in working order? They were much more reliable after the mods, probably as good as an RCA 660. The Philco has a lot more parts. Is it mahogany or blonde?
Don
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