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.
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 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?