What it's like to use a 5″ Black and White TV as a computer monitor

[GoatCheezInfrno]

@RickMycroft

The 5" set in question is powered by 12VDC from a wall wart, which should be isolated from the mains, but that’s a dangerous assumption without testing first.

Not only that, but any CRT (even B&W) is going to have a very high voltage driving the anode, and some beefy charged-up capacitors packing a wallop.

[RedFury]

@coherent_light

I’ve never owned such a beast in my past life before, so the temptation to station it with a GameCube, an N64, and the aforementioned C128 is powerful .)

Until this recent bout of unemployment, I was working for a couple of estate sale companies, clearing out entire houses of luxury crap. I would always lean in hard on families with kids, convincing them to take the giant CRT’s for free so that the kids could play their video/computer games without hogging the computer or the family room TV. It saved us from having to call for a ‘hazardous waste pickup’ for unfashionable electronics that still worked great.

[bobrichmondhill]

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