"There is much pleasure in useless knowledge." — Bertrand Russell
I’ve often thought that creating a replica of an early Baird mechanical television, or televisor would be a fun project. But when starting, you immediately run into the problem of how to generate material for them. The Narrow Band Television Association standard format specifies 32 line format at 12.5 frames per second (400 lines per […]
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