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On Thu, 04 Jun 2026 04:34:33 GMT
Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> wrote:

> On 2026-06-04, Lawrence D=E2=80=99Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:
>=20
> > It was also never in colour on colour sets.
> >
> > Trivia question: why not? ;) =20
>=20
> Probably because the 3.58-MHz colour subcarrier is missing,
> which causes most TV sets to revert to black and white
> courtesy of a circuit known as the "colour killer".
>=20
> I've heard that if you don't have a colour killer,
> the result is known, not as snow, but as confetti.

I learned something today! Always vaguely wondered about that, but
never got around to researching the answer.