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% Televisor Unit


% Purpose
The purpose of implementing a mechanical television is to ensure that the video output technology is simple and reproducible after the effects of a societal collapse. All that is needed is (i) a Nipkow disk; (ii) an electric motor; (iii) a bright light that can be driven by a signal source.
The technology of a mechanical television is simple enough that I am optimistic that if there is some massive disruption to the economic development of computers due to societal collapse (i.e., no CRTs, LCD TVs, or other kind of more complex display technology) this televisor will perform in its stead.
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Above courtesy of: http://users.tpg.com.au/users/gmillard/nbtv/nbtv.htm

Above courtesy of: http://bs.cyty.com/menschen/e-etzold/archiv/TV/mechanical/scanningdisc.htm


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Above courtesy of: http://bs.cyty.com/menschen/e-etzold/archiv/TV/mechanical/scanningdisc.htm
I have always been interested in building a mechanical Nipkow disk display and it makes since to try to adapt it as a basic computer data display.