Slightly OT: RCA Victor '55

[gryhnd]

Just thought some of you might like to see some of the guts of an old 1955 RCA Victor console TV.

I'm currently converting it into a jukebox (see .sig), and when it arrived to me much of it was already stripped: no CRT (which was a Kinescope 17CP4), the vacuum tubes and PSU where gone, etc. But the main electronics cage which holds the tuner, various controls, and a whole-lotta caps, resistors, etc. was still there. I'd hate to work in that rat's nest!

A couple of pics below, but if you want to see a bit of history, you can view more parts over here.

[qrz]

all point to point wiring was that way back then . no one thought anything of it .
oldest TV i've repaired /restored was a 1948 zenith.
actually enjoyed it .

[lilshawn]

back in the days, you could take your tubes down to the drugstore and they had a tube tester there you could use.

if it was no good... you just bought one there. no need to go any place else.

now your lucky if the "elecronics" store salesperson knows what a resistor is.