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Re:The biggest CRT ever made: Sony's PVM-4300 – The Silicon ... by grishka on Saturday June 22, 2024 @09:24PM (#40763829)
I remember reading somewhere that there was this wild prototype flat CRT where the electron gun was at the top, shooting down, and the beam did a 180 degree turn at the bottom before being deflected into the surface of the screen.
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Re:The biggest CRT ever made: Sony's PVM-4300 – The Silicon ... by UncleSlacky on Sunday June 23, 2024 @07:31AM (#40766639)
Yes, the Sinclair TV80 worked on that principle: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TV80
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Re:The biggest CRT ever made: Sony's PVM-4300 – The Silicon ... by grishka on Sunday June 23, 2024 @10:08AM (#40767578)
Nope, it's that, but folded in half. Found a mention of it (that I commented on, lol): https://mastodon.social/@tubetime/111219376410543899
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