06-12-2020, 04:47 PM
>Why didn't Philco put in the tube pin numbers?
Presuming you mean on the diagrams. Best guess is that is service information was printed for Philco authorized service centers. The guys therein worked these and other Philco sets day in and day out to make a living. After you see a few of them you can look at the bottom of the socket and tell what pin is what.
70 or 80 yrs later as hobbyist we look at these chassis and try and figure what's what Especially on the Phorum as we don't have it sitting on our bench but is hundreds or thousands of miles away on someone else's bench. Pics are ok but a lot of the time the don't tell the whole story to try to ascertain which pin goes where.
Presuming you mean on the diagrams. Best guess is that is service information was printed for Philco authorized service centers. The guys therein worked these and other Philco sets day in and day out to make a living. After you see a few of them you can look at the bottom of the socket and tell what pin is what.
70 or 80 yrs later as hobbyist we look at these chassis and try and figure what's what Especially on the Phorum as we don't have it sitting on our bench but is hundreds or thousands of miles away on someone else's bench. Pics are ok but a lot of the time the don't tell the whole story to try to ascertain which pin goes where.
When my pals were reading comic books
I was down in the basement in my dad's
workshop. Perusing his Sam's Photofoacts
Vol 1-50 admiring the old set and trying to
figure out what all those squiggly meant.
Circa 1966
Now I think I've got!
Terry
