Post AtTlft7GMxMLhMffMG by richcarl@mastodon.nu
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(DIR) Post #AtSnRDn8oHyYHR2PVQ by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-04-25T22:34:08Z
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@tubetime would you like to see a "mini cathode ray tube" with a little mirror for the display? I found this really neat one on aliexpres and I didn't buy it because I couldn't think of a reason but I wanted to show it to someone. Probably not new to you, but I thought it was very cute. https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256805660504572.html
(DIR) Post #AtSnz3KeClmJgbqHMu by Kierkegaanks@beige.party
2025-04-25T22:40:12Z
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@tubetime @futurebird Have you seen the movie Brazil?
(DIR) Post #AtSo5pangcFv6Kd6rA by mycotropic@beige.party
2025-04-25T22:41:23Z
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@futurebird @tubetime So you can't use ali express without a phone number or tracking information? Nope.Looks like a cool gizmo to hook up to a hard mounted macro camera to observe ants though!
(DIR) Post #AtSoQwbQolXsvLzb4i by tubetime@mastodon.social
2025-04-25T22:45:14Z
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@futurebird huh that *IS* very cute! but it's not a mirror -- even better, it is the phosphor screen of the CRT itself! it's a "flat" CRT as used in the Watchman from Sony.
(DIR) Post #AtSogGUBAwDYvxuDfE by meltedcheese@c.im
2025-04-25T22:48:01Z
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@futurebird @tubetime Maybe for #retrogaming
(DIR) Post #AtSwTz2qzdUH06mNMm by catselbow@fosstodon.org
2025-04-26T00:15:27Z
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@futurebird @tubetime For making ST:TOS tricorders.
(DIR) Post #AtTlft7GMxMLhMffMG by richcarl@mastodon.nu
2025-04-26T09:49:02Z
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@futurebird @tubetime Here's a great breakdown of a Sinclair FTV1 from 1984: https://youtu.be/qCJPF6Ei3Vw
(DIR) Post #AtV1kZ2MF8fzISaX5c by gsuberland@chaos.social
2025-04-27T00:23:51Z
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@futurebird @tubetime we used these in the infopoint displays at EMF Camp. cool little things.
(DIR) Post #AtV4vdxCbPrtat9Rya by Phosphenes@mastodon.social
2025-04-26T00:42:31Z
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@tubetime @futurebird I read that a strong magnet bends the cathode electron beam around a corner so the screen can be angled that way. So yep no mirror!
(DIR) Post #AtV4vjdDUdRlCdqZeq by Phosphenes@mastodon.social
2025-04-26T00:52:40Z
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@tubetime @futurebird On second thought, there might be no magnet, and we are looking at the inside of the CRT screen.
(DIR) Post #AtVKaYQdY4p5dvsw9g by jeffc@mastodon.online
2025-04-27T03:54:58Z
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@futurebirdThat needs a tiny console built around it and a few ROMs. I'm thinking Battlezone, Asteroids, Tail Gunner, and Lunar Lander. Add Space Invaders with the color overlay if you're willing to forsake vector graphics. Any other good monochrome arcade games I'm leaving out?Oh, and a full-size slot for quarters. Just for fun.@tubetime