I couldn't leave it behind to die....I just couldn't.

[jpdylon]

I found this Chromacolor II at a thrift store about a month ago. It is from 76, and was a good cosmetic shape. Best of all it kinda worked. It was 24 bucks but I didn't want to grab it at the time because it had no room for it.

Fast forward to today. I went back and saw them clearing out the electronics section. After 30 days if an item does sell they toss it in favor of new stuff coming in. THe zenith was due to be trashed, and I couldn't let that happen. The manager didn't want to just give it away now that I had shown interest in it, so I paid the 24 bucks.

It barely fit in the back of the 64 valiant, but I got it home.


The VHF was dead. I found that the piece of coax they used for an antenna connector had a break inside. I replaced the entire piece and installed a standard female F connector instead of the wacky male-female one that was on there. I have VHF again.

The CRT tests new and pegs all three meters on my beltron. I think I'm going to make this into my video game set for my old nintendo and atari.

The screen controls will need replacement. The Blue screen control is completely useless. Its either full on or full off. If anyone has a replacement from a parts set or lying around, please let me know.

Wasn't this called the "Panorama" or something like that?