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Tektronix used to have their own CRT fabrication shop (the Engineering Tube Lab) for building prototypes for oscilloscopes under development. apparently, as a joke, they made two CRTs out of old coke bottles. named the Coketron, natch.
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i'm pleased to announce that my replica Datanetics ASCII keyboard design is now published! check the link for the design files and build instructions.
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@tubetime Didja know I create a direct drop-in replacement for the MM5740AAE encoder used in the originals? ;) @tubetime Was wondering if you used an original matrix to ascii keyboard converter, but was pleasantly surprised to see it's a 40-pin AVR which really matches the look. Kinda tempted to build one at some point of my S100 video terminal card I have
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@tubetime fedilab on f-droid, you can create another instance's (without a user) timeline too and tusky it's ok if you don't want to install f-droid @tubetime https://tusky.app/ Found this on F-Droid, its open source and seems pretty solid. in 2016 i made a thing. a very big PCB with 4304 components. A 6502 microprocessor. http://tubetime.us/?p=346
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@tubetime It is awesome, and I would love to build one, if you ever decide to share the gerbers and BoM.
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 @tubetime the text based terminal nature of the early computing revolution really was the top. @tubetime OMG, too funny! I've always had a bit of an interest in the Canon Cat. I think a good working one is out of my budget. :-) @tubetime Sure, but only if we post the source |
@tubetime legit had to check if this was coming from @NanoRaptor
@tubetime How long until there are people making artisanal CRTs, in the way that happens with nixie tubes?
@tubetime Awesome, I can't quite see but did they weld a flat screen to the bottom of the bottle, in innovation the Tektronix are famous for or even phosphor the bottom of the bottle?