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An Apple 1 motherboard, a 79-year-old TV and the only surviving processor of the last supercomputer designed by Seymour Cray are being auctioned in New York.
The 1936 Baird television set may not work and delivers a huge electrical charge of 5000 volts.
But it could still fetch between $20,000 (£13,000) and $30,000, according to auctioneer Bonhams.
The Apple 1 has a starting price of $300,000.
Do you have any vintage pieces you'd like to sell in the auction? Are there any items you'd like to add to your collection?
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday September 22 2015, @04:10PM
The capacitance of CRTs is intentional. The graphite coating (aquadag [wikipedia.org]) on the sides forms one of the electrodes, and the anode is connected to the other electrode, on the inside of the tube. I once got a shock from a CRT that had been disconnected for weeks.