Post B5psCBKU0tDQbVERZw by vwestlife@mastodon.social
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 (DIR) Post #B5psCBKU0tDQbVERZw by vwestlife@mastodon.social
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       In the vacuum tube era, sometimes even $100,000 TV cameras needed you to bang on them to get them to work right. (The red, green, and blue tubes would drift out of alignment, as you can see in this clip.) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1FDyV8kYSE
       
 (DIR) Post #B5pxHTtotiYrPs6gbI by likesoldmacs@bitbang.social
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       @vwestlife somehow I'm getting more Christina-related innuendo than technical education 😅
       
 (DIR) Post #B5rQZNQIo1uMN995fM by themaritimegirl@tech.lgbt
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       @vwestlife And a female camera operator half a century ago - so cool!
       
 (DIR) Post #B5rQZNepvzXB6DwhJw by vwestlife@mastodon.social
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       @themaritimegirl Gene was proud of her! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CxJoOuOrC4
       
 (DIR) Post #B62gova9p0mUfCkfB2 by yalek0391@mastodon.social
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       @vwestlife pretty sure this was common throughout the vast majority of the analog days.