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09-25-2008, 08:44 PM
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All done! Like you said Andy, I compromised at the bottom a little but it doesn't affect anything. Sayanara to this project! I'm happy now though
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09-25-2008, 09:29 PM
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I'm never satisfied. (Who is?!) So here are the official final shots after yet more tweaking. Thanks again, to Dave A for being so gracious in giving me the tube.
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09-25-2008, 10:55 PM
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Just came across an advertisement for sale on eBay for this exact Portacolor from 1966. http://cgi.ebay.com/1966-GE-Televisi...3286.m20.l1116
Turns out that the $269.95 price tag comes to $1707 in year 2007 money. Guess the man I bought it from had rich parents back then. He said he was 18 when he got it, and he used it all the time over the years. (he also had a bunch of old radios and tv's but wanted way too much for em) Anyways, its kind of relatable to computers today. For my 18th birthday I got a brand new macbook pro which I still use. It cost about the same, maybe a little more, and my dad got it for me.
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09-26-2008, 10:59 PM
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Slow and steady wins the race! Glad it got a good home and a good future. Now it is your turn to pass on the favor.
When I was a kid in high school, I had a clerk job at the local Osco drugstore. We had an electronics aisle with clock radios, etc. and Portacolors that I sold. An all GE aisle I belive. Always loved them. And when I worked the photo counter, I pushed Yashica GL cameras. Still have mine from then. Portacolors deserve their special place in history.
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09-26-2008, 11:17 PM
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Oh yeah I'm planning on keeping it for as long as possible. Looks great consmetically and now functionally. Whats the favor, Dave?
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09-26-2008, 11:25 PM
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Awesome looking Porta-Color! I'm glad you got it fixed up, the purity can be very annoying at times, this thread made me aware I wasn't up to speed on the setup of these. I took mine apart to have a little "learning session" Now I know. Again, great job!
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09-26-2008, 11:34 PM
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The favor is not for me but someone down the line that needs something you have squirreled away. Pass the favor on. Unless you have a pre-war GE laying around. Then we talk.
Mets lose tonight, Phils win. Magic number is one!
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09-26-2008, 11:42 PM
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So the something can be anything? Hmm...interesting...
Yeah the Mets take a beatin even when they are doing good.
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09-27-2008, 12:42 AM
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Thanks for the compliments, zenithfan! Glad its back in the fleet.
Andy, this guy hung on to everything from his life. Lots of stories there.
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09-27-2008, 01:30 AM
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When setting the purity on those inline tubes, I think I recall that you should use the green screen and not a solid red screen like used for the delta gun tubes. I would try to get purity as close as possible then move on to convergence. Looks like you got it though. I was never a big fan of those tubes, but the little porta color sets just keep on working. Amazing for a GE even if they wern't the greatest of pictures.
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10-03-2008, 03:39 PM
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[QUOTE=zenith2134;2144879]Just came across an advertisement for sale on eBay for this exact Portacolor from 1966. http://cgi.ebay.com/1966-GE-Televisi...3286.m20.l1116
QUOTE] Wow, that looks like the portacolor I picked up at a local antique radio swap meet. The guy I bought it from thought it was a ’68. Works pretty good, but should I replace any of the caps or are they reliable enough even being that old?
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10-03-2008, 04:15 PM
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Hi John, whats funny about these sets is that they keep on working as new on the old caps. Yeah, they probably be swapped out since their older than they ought to be, but I run mine a lot and haven't noticed any issues. I checked mine to make sure none of the filters were getting warm after some time, but they stayed cool. (if you do this test, be advised that some ambient heating due to close proximity to the tubes is normal)
I thought mine was a 1966 because the original crt was dated 52nd week of 66. You know, this set was probably a '67 model.
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10-03-2008, 05:19 PM
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As far as caps go in these, I've only had a problem with a few. One being the .1@1000vdc right next to the HOT. There is also another one right next to the hight control right at the edge of the board that goes bad, it is a .047@400vdc. There is one more that I replace for safety, one of the "white time bomb" porcelain caps in the power supply, a .039@150vac {I use a .039@600vdc instead}. My sets have the 10HD and the 10HE chassis, if you don't find these caps in yours then overlook this post, these are just the troublemakers that I have found.
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