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Old 10-13-2023, 10:03 AM
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Bad news: 23EGP22 CRTs were absolute garbage along with most of the Motorola sets they went in. I know. I worked on a LOT of them. Many wound up in the dumpster. Not only did they not last long, (gassy & low emission) the 23" direct replacements were more than twice the price and the quality wasn't very reliable. Occasionally a good one slipped through QC. Sometimes we could shoe horn a 25" in its place.

The Motorola sets were plentiful where I lived. The retailer E J Korvette literally had a large wall of them always on. Flipper was on Saturday night and that large wall of blue ocean (it was impressive!) sold a lot of Motorolas.

Good news: Those sets put a lot of bread on the table.
Great story! E J Korvette sold many Motorola sets in mid Atlantic, even the 19" BW my parents got in 63, but did they have a service department?
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