[MRCA] Seventies Technology

[Rob Flory]

The primary television set, actually the only one in my house that isn't a
computer monitor of some kind, is a 70s-era RCA XL-100.  We like to
demonstrate it to our kid's friends as "not even needing a remote".

I did find myself wishing it had a remote one time, when I had a hernia
repair and wanted to watch a movie and then go to sleep.  The problem was
that when the VHS tape was done, the screen would go to snow and sound to
annoying noise.  I installed a remote in the form of a 20-foot piece of
nylon cord attached to the power plug of the TV set.

I still have the manual for the thing and would probably make a go at
fixing it when it quits, if it quits before I do.

The only problem I have had is the one we have with a lot of our gear, the
mechanical switches in the tuner.

RF
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