I always thought the 'A' designation meant their specs were better.... On Thu, Oct 30, 2025 at 12:18 PM Dekatron42 <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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 > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/9adcf12a-48b8-4121-85e2-d63e639e2349n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- 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/CAOX%2BRHJRKVCvNLsZZ6NXLbqmz06xFQoektrBat4kO27R-2yocw%40mail.gmail.com.
