> (one tip: I used a silicone-based double-stick gel-like "tape" to > remount the implosion protector (with an air gap) because the naked > CRT didn't fit the VT220 housing well enough to make me happy - I'd > approach the VR201 restoration with the same expectation).
As far as I know, the front of an implosion-protected CRT works like a laminated windscreen (windshield). There are 2 (normal) glass layers bonded together by the 'goo'. If you've refitted the outer layer with just fixing tape at the edges, you do not have any implosion protection. And I certainly would not sit in front of a CRT like that! -tony
