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Originally Posted by rca2000
Sony made a 5" Trinitron in the late 1980's and I have two of the sets they are in. The "set" they came in was reported to cost about 3K new!!
Why?? It did NOT come in any "TV set" or computer monitor per se...it was used in the Oldsmobile Trofeo VIC computer system as the touch-screen. The actual CRT is a "short neck" Trinitron tube.
I have a car with one I drive every day, and a working, spare VIC unit that cost little.
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As a side trivia note... You will sometimes find crazy things in Detroit-area junkyards. I recall a 1985 Buick Rivera with all kinds of GM-prototype markings. Didn't notice anything special until I looked inside and saw the CRT touch screen dash.
Keep in mind, this was the older-style V8 Rivera, not the transverse V6 style as your Trofeo is.
