I'm pretty sure we're talking about the same thing. It's just a wire. On RC cars you'd have it slid through a plastic tube so it would stand up. On the portable TVs the idea was that you'd run it up your sleeve and wear it all day like a really cool guy.

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Posted by SignOfZeta on April 18, 2017 at 14:28:17 EST in reply to I did not know that! I mean with RC cars it's usually a bendy wire, right? or are my memories of this 30 years old? (n/t) from exodus.

I'm pretty sure we're talking about the same thing. It's just a wire. On RC cars you'd have it slid through a plastic tube so it would stand up. On the portable TVs the idea was that you'd run it up your sleeve and wear it all day like a really cool guy.

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I guess that *is* pretty cool. this line looks a lot floppier though, like a headphone chord!

(exodus)

(14:40:15 04/18/17 EST)

So are all the ones I'm thinking of. It's that way so you can put it anywhere. I agree it's not normal for a device like this but I guess they had a total nerd head that project.

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(19:25:44 04/19/17 EST)

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