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Old 06-09-2015, 10:53 PM
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Originally Posted by bgadow View Post
Before I started reading up on the subject (before websites like this one) I used to assume that all picture tubes were rebuilt in big vacuum chambers of some sort.
I've seen photos of a big, demountable CRT setup they used in developmental work at RCA's Princeton Labs. The front pops open and they could insert whatever guns or screens they were testing and re-pull a vacuum and give it a go. Pretty slick!
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