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submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I would probably be old enough to get this line if I had grown up in the place where video games worked on channel 3...

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Seems like it's for old gaming consoles that used the antenna connection to work. I had an Atari 2600 but I do not recall needing to set a specific channel, probably says more about my memory than anything. Pushing 40.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, you'd use an RF modulator to take the console's baseband audio and video signal and modulate it onto a specific radio frequency carrier, typically corresponding to channel 3 or 4 on the TV.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

And the modulator connected to the tv with two fork terminals that you screwed to the antenna input.