[sdiy] Tube alert

[René Schmitz]

synth at oldmail.charlielamm.com wrote:
> The character generator tube is bad craziness!  How in blazes does it
> work?  Does anyone (still alive) know?  Was it used in WWII weapons 
> systems or something?

Thats called a Charactron IIRC, its a cathode ray tube, that scans the 
metal mask with a focused beam. So in a way its a cousin of a camera tube.

BTW, there were "tube ADCs" which were employing a similar technique.

Cheers,
  René

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