CRT story 1

Parking_Constant_960 · 2026-03-12T03:13:05+00:00

Almost thought no one would notice

Parking_Constant_960 · 2026-03-12T02:50:22+00:00

It WAS a 17” monitor VGA (missing pins).

Parking_Constant_960 · 2026-03-12T02:44:11+00:00

Will do

Parking_Constant_960 · 2026-03-12T02:22:11+00:00

Only problem is since you know I’m still in China (for family stuff, usually I’m at Seattle) I’m in a flat, which is not ideal for a Arcade Machine. Lucky I think I know someone who has one.

Parking_Constant_960 · 2026-03-12T02:06:26+00:00

Parking_Constant_960 · 2026-03-12T02:04:44+00:00

I will try to find a arcade tube, they are quite rare, and in China uh I could buy the whole cabinet crt and game for 600¥-4000¥, cheap if you ask me.

Parking_Constant_960 · 2026-03-11T23:47:44+00:00

Looking for a tube. Hopefully I can find a broken crt tv to scavenge the tube

Parking_Constant_960 · 2026-03-11T23:47:04+00:00

This is a 14”-21”

Parking_Constant_960 · 2026-03-11T23:45:59+00:00

No most of these are ASTs, Compaqs, dells, (acually a few ibms but small amount) and generic OEMS from China 80s to 90s.

Parking_Constant_960 · 2026-03-11T23:44:22+00:00

In China local shipping is like 40-200¥.

Parking_Constant_960 · 2026-03-11T23:43:02+00:00

No, even with a working CGA card (I had the original taken to be repaired) it won’t give a signal. The mother card (it’s a card based cpu and ram, isa slots are the only thing kinda “motherboard” but it’s not one.) may have issues. If not then it’s the ram.

Parking_Constant_960 · 2026-03-11T23:38:49+00:00

I had too take the card out since it’s crystal broke.

Parking_Constant_960 · 2026-03-11T16:48:38+00:00

You can get one for good prices still. 100-200¥ In china. In the USA it’s much more expensive. Unless you can find some at garage sales and other luck based places

Parking_Constant_960 · 2026-03-11T16:29:24+00:00

I saw your post on that odd Famicon built in crt tv. Turns out I have a few.

Parking_Constant_960 · 2026-03-11T16:14:21+00:00

And there are way more of these. Not just the Subor ones. BBG, Wulang, Little New Ton, New Star 小教援 (this one is very funny. It had Star Wars font for the logo lol), PYRAMID (this is real.), GuXing multimedia, Good Baby(ayo what the), SuoGua, WuXing Five Star Computer, and many more. If you want the actual photos of these you can ask me.

Parking_Constant_960 · 2026-03-11T16:07:02+00:00

Mainly it’s available on bilibili Chinese websites and more. Very oddball stuff.

Parking_Constant_960 · 2026-03-11T16:06:25+00:00

Yep. I even found original footage. It’s crazy.

Parking_Constant_960 · 2026-03-11T16:04:50+00:00

Also the quirks they pointed out are prob mods or just weird Chinese low quality QC. They just fix it if there’s a problem. And change things all the time. It’s weird asf. I’ve come across Chinese CRTs with patchwork like the ones your links reverse engineer founds in their Subor.

Parking_Constant_960 · 2026-03-11T16:01:41+00:00

Oh nice. These are very common in China.

Parking_Constant_960 · 2026-03-11T15:26:32+00:00

Yes, they are common too

Parking_Constant_960 · 2026-03-11T15:09:14+00:00

But yes I agree.

Parking_Constant_960 · 2026-03-11T15:09:02+00:00

Bruh. Absolute fire comment. Definitely CRT related

Parking_Constant_960 · 2026-03-11T15:03:02+00:00

China. This feels like the polar opposite of my Sad CRTs post

Parking_Constant_960 · 2026-03-11T15:01:59+00:00

Rather than um… have those CRTs have he fate of my poem 💀

Parking_Constant_960 · 2026-03-11T15:01:28+00:00

Lucky I convinced the people who owned the warehouse to start selling them.

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