8-bit Computer TV Channel Use

Fred Cisin cisin at xenosoft.com
Fri May 22 18:54:31 CDT 2015


On Fri, 22 May 2015, Chris Osborn wrote:
> Heh, I have a few already. :-) I’ve even got one of those funny 
> looking ones that has knobs on it. With VHF & UHF dials. And fine 
> tuning. And only screw terminals on the back, none of those fancy 
> RCA/phono jack connectors on it.

A little over half a century ago, UHF was an extra price option!
My brother and I pooled our money and bought a 19" Philco "portable".
Our father chipped in the additional to get UHF.
I remember watching the Cuban missile crisis on it, with my father
muttering, "The SOB has gotten us into war!"



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