I believe my NES came with a cable that had the two prong box thingy integrated…I may be thinking of my Beta-max vcr, though
Lefties13
The OGs had a switch on them.
Harley2280
This is some boring ass r/boomerhumor
manolid
Make sure you put it on channel 3.
CY83RD3M0N2K
My first console, a wannabe NES, needed one of these to plug it on my black and white small TV… Kids wouldn’t get it.
DlpsYks
I think I still have a few of those around my place.
farilladupree
Core memory unlocked. I remember cutting my finger on one of those U brackets when I was 5 or 6 helping my dad set up the Intellivision.
AcolyteOfCynicism
I had to use something similar to connect my first TV to a VCR then connect the SNES to the VCR. Good times.
zergvsgenin
I don’t recall finagling with those ever, but I have watched enough AVGN to identify those little bastards as the devil’s pitchforks.
thenoid42
If I remember correctly, the stock, Nintendo version was a gray box with a switch between UHF and VHF so that you could keep your satellite dish plugged in to the same set.
416_Ghost
Ok that’s super og for me
firkantrumpe
Imma be honest I have no idea what that is, but I wanna slap a cockpit between and podrace it.
tankboy138
The ones my dad brought us were these metal tubes. We had 3, one for Disney, one for HBO, and I think the other was Showtime? They all went in line with the coax cable
thaneros2
I used to use my fingernails as a screwdriver.
enemyradar
PAL land never knew these monstrosities. The aerial was never these forked connectors, just a standard push fit coax connector, and there’d be a little switch box supplied with consoles. But from the late 80s nearly everyone had SCART.
Errorstatel
Hooked up to a wood panel zenith set playing the first Mario game
WigglesPhoenix
Idk why I looked at this and was like ‘you can’t start a fire with those’ before remembering fire stick was a tv thing
And then I remembered what happens when these get damaged so I guess I was wrong twice
Background-Loan1682
Man, those switches, pure nostalgia trip. Nearly broke a nail once on those tricky suckers
scaryjam823
I made my own antenna back in the day with a 1×6, one of these transformers and coat hangers. It worked better than any antenna I ever bought. Made several for friends as well.
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I too am old.
I believe my NES came with a cable that had the two prong box thingy integrated…I may be thinking of my Beta-max vcr, though
The OGs had a switch on them.
This is some boring ass r/boomerhumor
Make sure you put it on channel 3.
My first console, a wannabe NES, needed one of these to plug it on my black and white small TV… Kids wouldn’t get it.
I think I still have a few of those around my place.
Core memory unlocked. I remember cutting my finger on one of those U brackets when I was 5 or 6 helping my dad set up the Intellivision.
I had to use something similar to connect my first TV to a VCR then connect the SNES to the VCR. Good times.
I don’t recall finagling with those ever, but I have watched enough AVGN to identify those little bastards as the devil’s pitchforks.
If I remember correctly, the stock, Nintendo version was a gray box with a switch between UHF and VHF so that you could keep your satellite dish plugged in to the same set.
Ok that’s super og for me
Imma be honest I have no idea what that is, but I wanna slap a cockpit between and podrace it.
The ones my dad brought us were these metal tubes. We had 3, one for Disney, one for HBO, and I think the other was Showtime? They all went in line with the coax cable
I used to use my fingernails as a screwdriver.
PAL land never knew these monstrosities. The aerial was never these forked connectors, just a standard push fit coax connector, and there’d be a little switch box supplied with consoles. But from the late 80s nearly everyone had SCART.
Hooked up to a wood panel zenith set playing the first Mario game
Idk why I looked at this and was like ‘you can’t start a fire with those’ before remembering fire stick was a tv thing
And then I remembered what happens when these get damaged so I guess I was wrong twice
Man, those switches, pure nostalgia trip. Nearly broke a nail once on those tricky suckers
I made my own antenna back in the day with a 1×6, one of these transformers and coat hangers. It worked better than any antenna I ever bought. Made several for friends as well.