Picked up a small XL-100 from 86

[Eric H]

I found this beat up old thing today for $6, I really had to think hard about spending the money on it being as it's in a boring black cabinet, but in the end I figured it would be good for parts or filling an empty vintage cabinet someday if it worked.

It's dirt has dirt, under the dirt it's still pretty grubby but if it had the Volume knob and the speaker grille it might be made presentable, oh, and it does work.

I borrowed the odd four prong ac/dc cord from my other beat up XL-100 portable and fired it up, the CRT is strong because it came right up and started tuning, this is one of the sets with the Red and Green bands that scan back and forth across the screen while it seeks channels, Green for 2-13 and Red for UHF.

I turned on my B-T Modulator and it locked right on to the signal, the picture is beautiful but there's not a bit of sound, maybe the exposed speaker has been damaged or maybe it has something disconnected, I don't know, a project for later I guess.

Note: the red and green bars seem wide in the pictures below because they were scanning when I took the picture, causing them to smear.