[AT] OT:(now tv)

[Dean VP]

Ralph:

Yep, I remember the test patterns and the test tone. No 24 hour TV like we
are so used to today. I also remember the waiting period for the tube based
electronics to warm up. Solid state electronics changed all that. Remember
the service men that would come out with their container of replacement
tubes, etc? And their tube tester! 

I started designing solid state based circuits in 1962 in industry after
being primarily trained in Vacuum Tube theory. The improved performance and
significantly improved reliability was so pronounced that I consider it one
of the major milestones in technology development. If the consumers knew,
when the first TV sets came out, how close they were to potentially failing,
no one would have bought one. It is a bit amazing how well they worked in
their time.  But then servicing equipment was accepted. Today, if a piece of
electronics fails it gets thrown away.  

Dean A. Van Peursem
Snohomish, WA 98290

Forbidden fruits create many jams!

www.deerelegacy.com

http://members.cox.net/classicweb/email.htm



-----Original Message-----
From: at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com
[mailto:at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of Ralph Goff
Sent: Saturday, January 28, 2006 3:31 PM
To: Antique tractor email discussion group
Subject: Re: [AT] OT:(now tv)

Guess I'm old too then because I recall the 2 channel system. Black and 
white of course. Not sure how many hours a day but at some point the music 
would play and sign off for "test pattern" for the rest of the night.
TV came to the rural areas here in the late 50s, just about 5 years after 
the rural electrification project went through. That sure opened up a lot of

sales for appliances in the small town businesses.
How about the old tvs that had to warm up when you turned them on? None of 
this instant on with the remote. Seems to me it took about half  a minute 
waiting from the time you turned the old rotary dial on switch til a picture

came up.
When new tvs with colour came out (about 1967) I believe they had instant on

with no warm up. What a novelty that was at the time. Amazing how much we 
take for granted nowadays.

Ralph in Sask.
http://lgoff.sasktelwebsite.net/
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rob Gray" <Robgray at epix.net>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Friday, January 27, 2006 11:21 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] OT: Flashback - Early Farmers Building County Roads


> I'm younger than many on this board, but I'm starting to get old enough to

> tell "old timer" type of stories to the new, younger employees at work. I 
> thought the reaction of disbelief was  funny when I told about how when I 
> was a kid you would turn on the black and white TV on a Saturday morning 
> anticipating cartoons and you had to wait for the TV station to begin 
> broadcasting for the day. They couldn't believe the TV stations weren't 
> broadcasting 24 hours a day. They really thought I was making things up 
> when I tried to explain the test pattern that came on before the first 
> show of the day. lol
>
>
>
>

_______________________________________________
AT mailing list
Remembering Our Friend Cecil Monson 11-4-2005
http://www.antique-tractor.com/mailman/listinfo/at