Kinda off topic but fitting, rare model 20" TV find of day.

[jpero at sympatico.ca]

RCA Proscan 20" (PS20110, manufactured 1991)  
Wait, don't delete this email! :) 
Chassis CTC168 which is same chassis as famillar CTC169 
commonly in 27",  31", 32", 35" and 36" CRTs also proj models of 42", 
52" and 61" models and very long lived, reliable with few 
easily resolveable problems (good money makers).

Now, this is not your run of mill 20" TV.  These RCA 20" models of 
any models I do service of all kinds of RCA chassis except 
there is at least 2 models I heard about with particular CTC168 
chassis which is only for 20".  I've not seen CTC168 
in my whole 3 years of TV service, even I have done so many 
TVs and projectors with CTC169 chassis and all different kinds of 
newer and older ones with types of RCA chassis.  Except this one!

The features is LOADED for a 20" TV imagine loaded Chevy 
landyatcht of luxurious stuff in an Omni (Rabbit look-like).  Two RF 
inputs, One RF out, Two video inputs and one Video output, S-video, 
stereo ampified outputs along with internal stereo for set of 4 
speakers total driven by either 5W to 10W ampifiers (most of others 
usually muddy .5W to passable 1W stereo, 4 more unampified audio 
outputs. and I think one or two sets of audio inputs.   This is a TV 
basically a features of a larger cousins of CTC169 for direct-view 
CRTs and 3 CRT projectors.  What a mouthful for a old rare model 20" 
TV.

The extreme rarity there is a reason; back then was high price for 
20", appox $500 so this particular models.  Compared to 1990/1991 
19"/20" of any makes/models typically run for 200 for plain janes 
sh*t to high 250 for decent models with few features, except Sony 
that had some features with outragous 300-500 tag!).  I talked to 
Jack, our shop boss and did say had one CTC168 in for repair years 
ago and that was only one.

For me, this tv is like a find of a day. :)  Akin to finding a PDP 8 
on the ground with trash beside a rowhouse street very near downtown. 
:) Back to your "exciting" regular programming, thanks and I still 
enjoy your "text programmings" chatter.

Back on topic:  Won L40SX (PS/2 386SX 20 laptop) on ebay, fairly 
complete: power brick (Yes, a BRICK), quick charger brick, external 
keypad and few booklets. Replaced LCD lamp successfully, old one 
failed to light by extreme age. Took a IBM 4MB SIMM modified with 
correct sensing pins and chewed off a SIMM socket's nub to get 8MB 
instead of 6MB installed.  L40SX takes deep middle notch 72 pin 
SIMMs. Except most decent parity SIMMs can be used with proper 
modifcations except 8MB had to be single sided and is max L40SX can 
take for max of 18MB. To do list: rebuild battery pack and replace 
two internal batteries for cmos and standby power. 

Cheers, Wizard