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Old 09-26-2021, 06:20 PM
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Originally Posted by Tom9589 View Post
We had a Hallicrafters model 818 which has a color adapter plug. It had two connections within the set. One was to the plate of the sync separator. The other connection was to the top end of the contrast control in the video amp's cathode circuit.

Here's the real question. How did they change the horizontal frequency and vertical frequency to show the CBS standard picture. I didn't see any mods of deflection circuits that would change those frequencies. Considering that the CBS system had a horizontal frequency of 29,160 Hz, would the typical flyback operate well at that frequency?

As TomC said: probably just a gimmick.
What you describe sounds like it would only act as a tuner/IF/sync separator for a separate CRT/Sweep/Video. Others supposedly intended to change the sweep on the existing CRT. That would be enough to watch CBS color in black and white, and with the addition of a wheel, in color.
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