Interesting feedback comment from one buyer of these CRT's: "Tubes are bright BUT out of focus on the edge typical of 3PR1 A model 3RP1A are not as good as 3RP1.....put them in the oscilloscope then sell it at a ham fest quick"
/Martin On Thursday, 30 October 2025 at 18:40:09 UTC+1 Tom Katt wrote: > > > On Thursday, October 30, 2025 at 1:23:02 PM UTC-4 Mac Doktor wrote: > > > On Oct 30, 2025, at 7:29 AM, Tom Katt wrote: > > Atari Tempest was my game back in the day > > > The best of the bunch. I used to have one but it was too big and > underutilized so it had to go. It had the rare early version of the marquee > plus the image was square, not pin cushioned. > > Paid $65 in working condition, got $500 for it. > > > I always yearned for one but alas I never found one I could afford. I > don't play a lot of video games anymore, but I did invest in building a > nice arcade quality control panel for a MAME emulator. Every once in a > while I get the urge to spin the knob ;-) Things are fun until I get to > the invisible levels, and then it's chaos lol. > > Though I can't really complain - I have stumbled upon more than my share > of fantastic deals... About 20 years ago I saw an advert in the local > paper for a _free_ pinball machine - just come get it off their porch. It > was an 80's Bally Centaur - one of the first with synthesized speech! And > can you believe that about $20 in solenoid driver transistors is all it > needed? Between the artwork and the gameplay this pin is still hghly > sought after and commands good money. I'll leave it to a nephew in my will > lol. > > And then there's the NYC traffic light (complete with aluminum base, pole > and authentic graffiti lol)... Happened to be driving by construction > where they were replacing the old glass signals with leds and asked what > happens to the old ones - I found out they fit in the back of an SUV if you > position it correctly ;-) > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/9adcf12a-48b8-4121-85e2-d63e639e2349n%40googlegroups.com.
