We’d say mission accomplished. He doesn’t even need anyone around to be proud of the small round CRT display unit he put together. Just having it hum away next to him will be more than enough ...

For a build this small, though ... though. It has a CRT mounted perpendicularly to a curved screen in order to reduce the depth needed dramatically. The final build uses a tiny Namco system ...

A TV picture tube (CRT) that had a flatter viewing surface than the traditional rounder tube. Up to 30% more glass was used to make the screen flatter. Also known as a "flat screen," "flat face ...