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Originally Posted by Phil Nelson
Well, the back label says CT-100 and the chassis is stamped CTC2. Both are visible in the alley photos. In about 5 seconds, he could type two numbers into a Google search box and come up with 1954 references, including a Wikipedia article and Youtube video.
Do you know anyone with a computer who doesn't know how to do an Internet search? That's about the only thing that my 83-year old Dad does remember how to do 
Phil |
The world is full of numbskulls, and the way he wrote it made me think it was his own "knowledge", as he didn't offer his references.
I completely believed the alley theory, as I've picked up a CBS-Columbia 360 color set with the 19VP22, and a Westinghouse 22" color set from alleys of Los Angeles. A collector friend of mine also got a mint-condition CT-100 (bad CRT, of course), from a
(*derogatory term for one concerned with the environment*) who called around patiently to find someone to haul it away rather than to throw it out due to the poisonous, environmental hazards within.
Charles