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Old 11-19-2017, 08:41 PM
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Originally Posted by Electronic M View Post
On application of the 15G that lasted a LONG time was color film viewing machines (I forget the correct name) used for doing color correction/editing of films.

I remember a page on one of the big CT-100 sites many years ago told of how a few years before a collector contacted the company that maintained these machines, the company had given up servicing the 15G equipped machines and tossed 6 NOS 15Gs in the dumpster.
(1) the last machine using a 15GP22 operated until around 1975 in Mexico.
(2) Your remembrance is on my CT-100 site; here's my painful posting: What's the chance that serendipity will rescue a pallet of 15GP22s from a dusty warehouse somewhere? I've always believed it would. This next email shows it can happen and hopefully will.

"Date: Sat, 03 Nov 2001 14:16:55 -0800
Pete,
I am sick. I had no idea that anyone was interested in these old tubes.
I make color film analyzers and had the old stock from Hazeltine when
they discontinued production. There were six of those old 15 inch CRT's,
but since there were no more analyzers in the world using the tubes, we
chucked them to make room.
Regards,
Ric "

(6 Nov 01 update: Just missed these by a couple of years! The six 15GP22's had their vacuum broken, then were sent to a Los Angeles landfill sometime in 1997 in their original RCA cartons. We'll keep looking for a pallet with the next batch of 15G's.)
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