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@phooky is that a dot-tronix?
@wakest nope, it's the CRT from a Minitel-1B running off the LCD controller on an AM3357. It's sort of amazing that it works at all.
@wakest From a Minitel-1B that was built for US distribution (it's a little weird). It should be a similar tube/driver to the one in the standard production Minitel-1. Unfortunately both of my Minitels had structural problems (brittle bezels), so I gave up on preservation and am using them for other projects. Here's what it used to look like:
https://www.nycresistor.com/2013/05/24/miniteltumblr-time-tunnel/
@phooky woah where'd u get the minitel screen? I didn't know they had so much arch in them.