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October 1960 Radio-Electronics

October 1960 Radio-Electronics

October 1960 Radio-Electronics Cover - RF Cafe[Table of Contents]

Wax nostalgic about and learn from the history of early electronics. See articles from Radio-Electronics, published 1930-1988. All copyrights hereby acknowledged.

Reassembled TV image - RF CafeWind down your workweek with this triplet of electronics-related comics from a 1960 issue of Radio-Electronics magazine. There are still plenty of us around who understand the page 78 comic. We are the generation(s) who sometimes needed to reach around to the back of the TV set and twist the vertical hold potentiometer to get the picture to stop climbing up or down the screen. The incredible feature of the comic is that the frame split appears to show the upper half of a man and the lower half of a woman in the same frame. Because of the structure and processing of the video signal signal, it would not have been due to parts of two noncontiguous frames or two separate channels. If you don't understand what I'm saying, it's because you weren't "there." Out of morbid curiosity, I "photoshopped" the split display to swap the positions of the upper and lower images. The result is at the upper left - they lined up perfectly without resizing either half. Although extremely unlikely to be seen on TV in 1960, it could be an Olympics women's boxing contender today (ugh!). Enjoy the other two comics.

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Electronics-Themed Comics (p78), October 1960 Radio-Electronics - RF Cafe

"Hmmm..."
Page 78

Electronics-Themed Comics (p124), October 1960 Radio-Electronics - RF Cafe

"Pardon me, do you have a scrap of paper? There's a radio program I don't want to miss."
Page 124

Electronics-Themed Comics (p132), October 1960 Radio-Electronics - RF Cafe

"All that hum needed was a little extra filtering."
Page 132

 

 

Posted August 2, 2024


These Technically-Themed Comics Appeared in Vintage Electronics Magazines. I personally scanned and posted every one from copies I own (and even colorized some). 247 pages as of 12/3/2024

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