The ones that got away ?
I will bring tears to your eyes. Its what I threw away.
Avantis, Zorns, a 19" Sony / Beta combo in a teak
cabinet ( with timer) over 2K new & 300lbs , a 2000, space age & military styled jap sets, 50's B&W consoles, roundies by the gross, portholes.
Nobody wanted them. Sometimes we would pull a still
working set that was not resellable. I would put it out
front FREE but only a few got taken. By the late 90's we had to
recycle. Had a 30' container that got full every 2-3 weeks.
Every load about 1/4 monitors, 1/4 tube TV's & 1/2 SS TV's
most of which worked or had very minor problems. Enuf.
The 1Y21B55 you desire was not common. Probably saw
6 at most. All had bad ground lugs. IIRC the on/off/vol
was a gang switch. Turn for STBY instant on, pull for
full power on. The sets were indestructable & only had
the grounds & the tits in the switches break off. Same type
switch Maggie & Admiral liked to use. Hated them switches.
Next they had a nice modular B&W much like the beloved SS
color flat chassis. I think it also went into consoles replacing
the world renowned & long lived 14N22. Then things went
down hill. 19" + chassis was a POS upright main board.
PCB almost melted like plastic when soldering. Same with the
12" chassis at the time. Funny thing is although they were
physically crap cans they still preformed perfectly.
73 Zeno
