Scott Baret Posted July 10, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 10, 2013 BREAKING NEWS. There is a third brand of CRT used in these old Macs. Found inside a late 1987 manufacture American Macintosh SE: a Toshiba CRT. It has a large amount of red paint around the anode cap. This is the first instance of this type of CRT I've ever seen, and I've taken apart approximately 100 compact Macs over the years. It is unknown if this was a replacement CRT or not. The Mac has an early squirrel cage fan for what it's worth. The label has part number E2728B4-TCOISDHT and the unit was made in Japan. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Franklinstein Posted December 16, 2018 Report Share Posted December 16, 2018 Some additional info: The Clinton CRTs have nothing wrong with them but they have no anti-glare coating, which makes staring at them in a bright area an eye-straining experience. The Samsung units, on the other hand, are anti-glare. An upgrade in the '80s saw people swapping their old Clinton CRTs for Samsung or other anti-glare tubes. One other manufacturer was Orion, if someone comes across one of those. This may explain why you would find a non-Clinton tube in an early Mac, in addition to the fact that tubes do sometimes require replacement for a variety of reasons and an original tube may not have been available. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
CompaqMac Posted July 17, 2019 Report Share Posted July 17, 2019 (edited) On 12/15/2018 at 5:22 PM, Franklinstein said: This may explain why you would find a non-Clinton tube in an early Mac, in addition to the fact that tubes do sometimes require replacement for a variety of reasons and an original tube may not have been available. I’m not sure if this even really still in debate, but if you look at the very first issue of Macworld magazine, they do a tear-down of the original 128k Mac with detailed photographs. If you look closely, you can clearly see that it has a Samsung CRT. This is pretty strong evidence that Samsung CRTs existed from the factory even in some of the earliest Macs. Edited July 17, 2019 by CompaqMac Quote Link to post Share on other sites
CompaqMac Posted July 18, 2019 Report Share Posted July 18, 2019 Macworld April 1984 issue, page 35 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ironborn65 Posted November 14, 2020 Report Share Posted November 14, 2020 Hi all, FYI I just moved a MB from a Mac Classic (Type A analog board), to a Mac Classic II unit (Type B analog board), it worked just fine. best Pierfranco Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JDW Posted November 14, 2020 Report Share Posted November 14, 2020 57 minutes ago, ironborn65 said: I just moved a MB from a Mac Classic (Type A analog board), to a Mac Classic II unit (Type B analog board), it worked just fine. I can only assume that "MB" = "motherboard". I think that is very interesting. Thank you for sharing. And while I am no fan of overbearing forum moderation by an stretch of the imagination, I feel strangely compelled to point out that this thread is solely focused on CRTs, which are totally different and completely separate from motherboards. The world isn't coming to an end because you posted here. But your post does feel strangely out of place. And now my own post is out of place. Maybe I can remedy that with this... CRT, CRT, CRT, CRT, CRT Boy how I love CRTs! Vacuum Tubes! Gotta love 'em! And there you have it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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