RCA/GE 15G CRT Construction Article

[ha1156w]

I know I'm continuing an off-topic thread drift, but re:ECU's -- ever heard of MegaSquirt? It's a fuel-injection computer that many folks are using to convert early Bosch analog D-Jetronic and early digital L-Jetronic systems to modern highly controllable digital injection. Improvements are reported to be outstanding over stock.

Given that they can put the equivalent of a Commodore 64 ca. 1982 on a single FPGA chip (and originally done so by someone NOT a degreed engineer in Germany I might add as her first FPGA project!), it wouldn't be a stretch to consider automotive ECMs on cars like that 1985 Corvette with a single-chip replacement. While not original, it's not any more outlandish than modern AM/FM conversions done on tube car radios.

[Eric H]

As computing power gets cheaper it wouldn't be difficult to imagine new PCMs being available for some classic cars 50 years down the road.
As to what you'll burn in them that's another matter.

Probably be retrofitted with Atomic Engines by then anyway.

[miniman82]

Originally Posted by ha1156w

ever heard of MegaSquirt?

My VW runs on it, and the Corvair has Megajolt.