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Originally Posted by zeno
I didnt like the 19GB1. The vert outs went left & right on them
& they were a pain to change. Looks easy but you gotta pull
the heat sinks that were twist tabbed & soldered. The screws
were so tight taking them out invited a cracked PCB. Add to that
the PCB was almost like plastic & would kinda melt. And of course
when you heated the sinks the etch lifted.
I will take the duramodule any day. Near 100% reliable.
Better yet the hand wired SS 19" B&W, a rare bird.
73 Zeno  |
Back in the fall of 1981 IIRC... when I was 14..somene GAVE me a 19 inch version of the 19GB1 set. This one was a NEWER One than mine now..I recall it had a PLASTIC type of tuning cap for the VRT.think this set has the usual "metal oval one" a lot like the CC sets do. I seem to remember...it ALSO had a " WEIRD fuse"..that was NOT mounted where it could be easily reached...but i THINK...it was on that terminal strip close the the VRT and can cap. IIRC..it was white and OVAL...and NOT a bel-fuse...but SOLDERED in.
It had a horiz. line and someone had ALREADY ran it long enough that way to BURN a LINE across the CRT. I moved a few months after that..the set did NOT get fixed. Now--I am SURE i could have fixed it without issue...but that line WAS pretty dark even wiht the set was off and WOULD have been visible in the pix I suspect.
I am pretty sure today I have ANOTHER 19" version of the GB1 chassis. I think I lit it off some years back...do NOT think I got a raster. I did NOT "mess with it " much...so far. Not sure WHY...I did not fix that console GB1 back in 1984...ot even sure I tried...I just seemed interested in COLOR sets then....and when I found out it was a BW set..I lost interest I guess. Not even sure I lit it off....it may have even WORKED...for all I know...
Like I have said before...I have a GOOD memory....which my sickness did NOT hamper at ALL...