bigmessowires
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The 9 inch compact Macs have mostly proven to be amazingly reliable, even as we approach the Mac's 40th birthday. But I'm hearing about more CRT problems than I used to, particularly with the flyback transformer, and I gather there's no new source for a compatible flyback replacement. Is it just a matter of time until all the compact Mac CRTs are dead? What do you think will happen then? Will some enterprising engineer launch a Kickstarter for a new flyback replacement product? Will everyone replace the CRT with a 9 inch LCD and some video conversion circuitry? Or maybe there will still be enough working flybacks to satisfy the dwindling audience of people who care?