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Originally Posted by Kevin Kuehn
It's from that period that RCA was using their air core flyback. I've tried to locate some insider engineering document explaining why they had gone to that system, but so far no luck. I have a fascination with any set that used that system, especially one with a 19" CRT. It'll be fun to see that one fired up.
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Oh that's interesting. What's that all about, then? Anything to do with the metal CRT? Because it needs to have a HV capacitor - since the jug isn't its own capacitor like a glass tube.
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Originally Posted by Electronic M
Is the cabinet really that heavy that 1 person can't move it with the chassis and CRT pulled out?...A console usually has to be a LOT bigger than that for me not to be able to move the empty cabinet solo.
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It is pretty heavy. Imagine a real hardwood dresser without the drawers in it. I could certainly *move* it by myself, but carrying it up stairs and out to a truck is a two man job. I could've maybe tackled it by myself if I had a dolly, AND some pieces of 2x4 to fill the void in the bottom so the dolly could grab it. Or load it upside down if I wanted to screw up the wood. But why should I make my life any more difficult than it is already?