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This set is from 72, and came from the same home as the 600. What I find interesting is that the HOT on the space command 600 set was dated 41-71, I would assume it was replaced in 71 or 72, and this set I have pictured was bought new then. After speaking with captianmoody we tried to figure out how the space command 600 set survived with its extreme cathode current problem. With the problem as bad as it was, this tv should have been junk LONG ago if it got used enough. Here is what we came up with:

a tek who replaced this tube noted the extreme current problem and suggested that the owners purchase a new set, however the current one (the 600) would still work but for not long as he suspected the flyback was bad, and it would not be worth the repair. He probably suggested that the set has only a limited life in it, so they bought a 1972 zenith space command set to replace their 67 600 set. Most likely, the owners were reluctant to use their 600 set because of its problem, but still kept it because it did infact work. Both sets have the exact same TV dealer sticker on them. the 600 was in the bedroom never touched, and the 500 was in the living room as the daily driver, however the 500 must have had very little use as its all original yet, tubes and all. The 500 had an open filter cap in the space command chassis making the entire set inoperative unless the switch on the remote chassis was flipped to the MAN posision. That cap must have opened up years ago and the set inoperative, it hardly has any hours on it either. Thank god those folks never threw these sets out! They will live on now!