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echo: ufo
to: WAYNE THOMPSON
from: JAMES ROOT
date: 1998-01-13 10:44:00
subject: Re: Postcard

 -=> Quoting Wayne Thompson to Jack Sargeant <=-
 WT> > Jack was discussing "Postcard" with All. <
 WT> JS> Back in the mid 50s there was a TV set made by The Philco Corp. 
 WT> JS> that had the crt in a separate compact cabinet which sat atop
 WT> JS> the console containing the tubes and wiring. If you saw this
 WT> JS> device today, you would ask, "Where's the keyboard?"
 WT> Funny you should mention that!  I just bought one at a garage sale.
 WT> I'm planning on rebuilding it (Good old tube technology!  When I was
 WT> getting my training in the Army, I was in the LAST class that was
 WT> taught tubes), and giving it a place of honor in the family room.
 WT> It will be just the thing for watching all of the B/W movies and
 WT> fifties/early sixties TV re-runs on TV!!!
Don't laugh! A freind of mine bought a reconditioned one, and it's worth
a small fortune as a collectable item!
Regards
James
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