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I know someone who converted one of these into a home-made terminal, so they could connect to the computer at school and work from home. They drilled a hole into the TV, added a socket for video input which bypassed the antenna/demodulator, and hooked it up to a home-made 8-bit computer. 32 columns!



Sounds like Don Lancaster's TV Typewriter!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TV_Typewriter




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