Found a 1969 Motorola Quasar Works in a Drawer

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Originally Posted by Findm-Keepm

Nice set - we had the same Quasar, 'cept ours had the Insta-matic switch where yours has the Mototola Batwing - yours must be a base model without Insta-matic. The same base chassis is featured on the cover of the January 1969 issue of Radio Electronics magazine.

Our Quasar was the first set I ever adjusted - at 6 years old. One Saturday morning I played with the drive controls on the back and got things all screwd up - and got a good butt-chewing as well. My not-so-great start in messing with TVs.....

I'll have to look for a copy of that magazine. The drive controls were always much to easy to access for anyone I thought since the controls protrude out of the back cover!

You set must have been a little newer though. The instamatic feature made it's first appearance on models starting in December, 1970.