I was in 8th Grade when this thread was made and didn't even know that anything like this existed on the internet, in fact my parents didn't even have internet back then, but we did have Juno Free Email Service, remember that?
So yeah, I wonder if this thread could be considered one of the first threads ever posted on this forum...
Also just to let you know that when this thread was first posted I had already successfully repaired a 1963 Motorola TT22CW AM/FM/FM Stereo Tabletop radio that a friend of mine gave to me who had gotten the radio from its original owner who had it stored away in a closet in his house because the radio was having problems with reception or something like that.
I had also successfully repaired a 1985 vintage Montgomery Wards 13" B & W TV that the same person who gave me the old Motorola Radio had given me, who had gotten the TV from its original owner and when I got it it had an issue with the Vertical and Horizontal Hold being messed up so I readjusted them on the back and sure enough the TV worked again.
I used the B & W TV I fixed for a couple of years until I got my first Color TV which was a 1988 vintage Zenith 13" Color TV with the knob style tuners, and that thing I used up until about a year before the orginal Scheduled DTV Transition before it got postponed.
I used that Zenith with a CATV compatible VCR to watch cable TV on (my parents had Basic Comcast Cable Service for years back when they still had the all analog channels before they went Digital and required you to have a set top box for every TV in the house).
Interestingly enough I did these repairs on my own without the help of the internet...
I only wish all of the repairs I have to deal with these days were as simple as my first repairs were.
Although I wouldn't of found you guys otherwise then...