I had an epiphany this evening

[jeyurkon]

I can sympathise with your Epiphany. I started out just wanted to get the old TV we used to have so I could watch it and go back to a simpler and more enjoyable time.

I then started worrying about the sets I saw on the bay and the list. I fear that they'll be discarded or transformed into litter boxes. I now feel the need to protect and guard them for posterity.

Yet our desire to preserve history is an emotional one. There is importance in knowing where we came from, but most today seem more interested in casting off the old and pursuing the new.

I worry about who will protect the sets that we have preserved once we pass on. Those who are tasked with removing the signs of our existence may not have much interest in protecting what we valued.

Adam, when I look at the old Sylvania I'm restoring I see things that amaze me. I wonder how they designed such a complicated surface for an injection molded bezel without having 3D CAD software. The circuits that have several levels of AGC and AFC that work in concert without fighting each other and going into oscillation amazes me; that they could do it without simulation software. The cleverness of the circuits.

John