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This TV boombox came home from e-waste with a built-in CRT, dual cassette decks, and a list of problems right away. The power LED lit, but one tape door wouldn’t eject, the case had plenty of scratches, and the front TV cover was damaged. I had been looking for one of these for a while,…

This Amdek Video-300A amber composite monitor came out of e-waste with a big chunk missing from one rear corner of the case. I went ahead and gave it a first look, checked the controls, and noted that both brightness and contrast were already turned all the way up. The monitor still had its front anti-glare…

This Packard Bell Legend 750 Supreme came from e-waste, and the first problem was simply figuring out what shape it was in. The case had the usual faded front plastic, but it still had the classic early 90s Packard Bell look with both 5.25-inch and 3.5-inch floppy drives on the front. Around back, most of…