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RCA Studio II Teardown

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  • ...A circuit board!

  • The on-board mono speaker is the sole source of the Studio II's sound effects.

  • Wanna turn down the sound? Too bad -- there's no volume control.

  • The extremely large traces and widespread coverage of solder are characteristic of 1970s era electronics; big chips required big boards and a lack of environmental restrictions resulted in boards bathed in lead.

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