Whether it’s changing the engine of an old car or removing the hard disk from an old computer, we often find ourselves porting various parts of the hardware to another. [Emily Velasco] recently tried a pair of CRTs and achieved great success.
The donor is an old-fashioned fishing sounder from the 1980s, which is equipped with a very attractive monochrome amber CRT display. [Emily] aims to transplant it to portable TV in the early 21st century. Although Toshiba CRT in the 1980s used more glass in structure, the size and shape of the display are similar.
The tube socket used to connect the monitor on the TV matches the old CRT exactly, so there is no trouble. The connecting yoke only needs a little welding, and Emily can test it. Surprisingly, given that the analog TV station has been off air for some time, it is clean and powered on, showing rolling amber static electricity as you might expect.
After some efforts, the video recorder that plays mysterious pizza on VHS can send video signals to TV to prove that everything is normal. The next phase of the project is to install TV electronics into the shell of the fishing sounder in the 1980s, because the two shells are more attractive. In those days, everything was different!