1972 Magnavox Color Console

[Jeffhs]

Originally Posted by Geoff Bourquin

I remember those. Mostly I remember the first time I worked on one. When I took the vertical output tube out, the socket stayed on the tube........pulled it right out of the PC board.

I had the same thing happen with a 21" Silvertone roundie in the early 1970s. I tried to replace the 6AW8 video output tube and, when I plugged the replacement into the socket (or tried to--the tube had a bent pin and wouldn't go in straight), the socket broke out of the board with a sickening crunch.