From: peterwieck33@gmail.com   
      
   On Thursday, June 15, 2023 at 1:02:30 PM UTC-4, john wrote:   
   > Any ideas as to what would cause a CRT to take 10mins to warmup before it   
   displays anything? Maybe old capacitors? This thing is a 55 year old   
   calculator.    
   >    
   > -John   
   Once upon a time we had a solid-state CRT television that would sit for a few   
   minutes before showing a picture. We would hear a *POP* and the picture would   
   come up. After which it would behave normally. I expect it was some transistor   
   or other in the    
   video section that started to conduct after time. Either it was weak, or as   
   you suggest, the supply to it was weak - from caps or some such.    
      
   We lived with it until we moved - and it stayed behind.   
      
   Peter Wieck   
   Melrose Park, PA   
      
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