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November 1962 Electronics World
Table of Contents
Wax nostalgic about and learn from the history of early electronics. See articles
from
Electronics World, published May 1959
- December 1971. All copyrights hereby acknowledged.
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As I have noted before,
Sams PhotoFacts were the indispensible gold standard for commercial electronics
service documentation from the 1940's through maybe the 1980's. After that,
there was not nearly as much of a demand for electronics servicing because most
electronic products in the consumer market were fully transistorized and had a
high level of integrated circuit (IC) components, and multi-layer printed
circuit boards (PCB's). That made serviceability more difficult for both
professionals and DIY repairmen. Steep price decreases and very rapid evolution
of features resulted in most people opting to throw away broken radios,
televisions, phonographs, etc., rather than pay to repair them. The death knell
of serviceability was when fly speck size surface mount components dominated PCB
assemblies. Sams PhotoFacts were for the era when vacuum tubes (and even
transistors and IC's) were plugged into sockets and point-to-point chassis
wiring was the method du jour.
Here are a few PhotoFact ads from vintage electronics magazine:
Sams PhotoFact 5/56,
Sams PhotoFact
11/62,
Sams PhotoFact 4/48,
Sams PhotoFact
3/58,
Sams PhotoFact May '48,
Sams
PhotoFact 8/46,
TV
Colorgrams
Howard W. Sams & Co., Inc. PhotoFact
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servicing. Saves time spent in hunting for hidden adjustments.
Clear Parts Symbols with values and associated information are shown plainly
on the schematic-no time wasted in cross-reference "look-up."
Full Photo Coverage of the actual equipment makes identification of all components
and wiring easy - you can see everything.
Disassembly Instructions, step-by-step, help you remove difficult chassis, sub-chassis,
and assemblies in minutes.
Famous Standard Notation Schematic saves valuable hours-always uniform, accurate,
complete for every model.
Tube Location Guide enables you to locate and replace proper tubes in seconds
- a big time-saver on most repair jobs.
Waveform actual photos are shown on schematic for quick comparison of patterns
on your scope. No time wasted in guesswork.
Terminal Identification saves you time; transformer and coil terminals quickly
identified by color code or basing diagram shown on schematic.
Dial Cord Stringing instructions save you up to an hour or more of time and headaches
on a single job.
Exact Terminal Connections are indicated - no need for trial-and-error methods
- a real time-saving feature.
Tube Failure Check Charts spell out probable tubes responsible for failure -
no need to waste time studying circuitry.
Unique Alignment System eliminates guessing; you get complete instructions with
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Auto Radio Removal instructions show you step-by-step procedure for removal of
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Alternate Tuner Data - separate schematics, alignment data and parts lists are
provided - no time wasted interpreting various tuner versions.
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Posted November 21, 2022
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