Philco Apple
Receiver Documentation Bibliography
Patent: Color TV CRT using stripes, filed Oct 1945; granted Nov 1950
(315K)
Report: Color
Measurements, Dec 1946
Report 177M: Present Status of the Line-Phosphor Color Display, Dec 1950 (291K)
Memo: Color Signal Makeup, Nov 1951
Report D/698: Limited Index and Associated Secondary Emission, Jan 1952
Report 0/213: Seven
Megacycle Cohered Oscillator with Schematics, Oct 1952
Report M/123: Method
Employed in Designing and Aligning a Color TV Receiver
Incorporating the
Philco Apple Tube, Nov 1952 (2,170K)
Report: Revised Specifications for Field Test of NTSC Compatible
Color Television,
Feb 1953

Book:
The Apple System Engineering Book, Jul 1954 to Jan 1956
ESB-101 - NOTES CONCERNING APPLE SIGNAL REQUIREMENTS, July 13,1954
REPORT - NOTES ON THE USE OF SECOND-HARMONIC COMPONENTS IN THE
GRID-DRIVE WAVEFORM FOR APPLE TUBES
D/739 - SIGNAL PROCESSING FOR PHILCO COLOR
LINE TUBE
ESB-102 - DESCRIPTION AND SPECIFICATIONS FOR THE BALANCED MIXER
TRANSFORMER OF THE SIDEBAND AMPLIFIER
ESB-103 - TYPICAL SIZE MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES AND EQUIPMENT,
July 7, 1954
ESB-104 - ASSEMBLY AND ALIGNING INSTRUCTIONS FOR MARK II YOKE AND
FOCUSER
WITH "APPLE" TUBE AND BRACKET ASSEMBLY, July 7, 1954
ESB-105 - A SUBJECTIVE COLORIMETER, July 14, 1954
ESB-106 - INDEX STRIPE REGISTRATION MEASUREMENT, August 17, 1954
ESB-109 - FOCUS RING MAGNET MEASURING EQUIPMENT, December 13,
1954
ESB-110 - ASSEMBLY AND ALIGNING INSTRUCTIONS FOR APPLE TUBE AND
BUCKET ASSEMBLY, MARK II OR MARK III YOKE ASSEMBLY,
AND MARK III FOCUSER ASSEMBLY, November 12, 1954
ESB-111 - A CRYSTAL CALIBRATOR FOR APPLE CIRCUIT FREQUENCIES,
November 17, 1954
ESB-113 - SOME OBSERVATIONS ON THE LINEARITY SERVO LOOP PROBLEM,
January 18, 1955
ESB-114 - A NEW SELF-OSCILLATING FREQUENCY CONVERTER, January
31, 1955
ESB-115 - A FEEDBACK SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING OF OXIDE CATHODES,
February 15, 1955
ESB-117 - A TEST STAND FOR APPLE DEVELOPMENT WORK, April 27,
1955 (5,600K)
ESB-118 - THE DESIGN OF FLUORESCENT SCREENS FOR EFFICIENCY
AND WHITE BALANCE, March 21, 1955
ESB-119 - APPLE DRIVE SIGNAL PROCESSING NOTES AND WAVEFORMS,
April 14, 1955
ESB-120 - INSTRUCTIONS FOR
ASSEMBLING AND ALIGNING RECEIVER 6 TYPE YOKE
FOCUSER, SHIELD, AND TUBE ASSEMBLY, May 11, 1955 (2,440K)
ESB-121 - THE ORDINATE ADDER, A DEVICE FOR SIMPLIFYING CERTAIN
CHROMATICITY
CALCULATIONS, May 12, 1955
ESB-122 - RESULTS OF INVESTIGATION OF INDEX CHANNEL NOISE,
August 10, 1955
ESB-123 - AN AUTOMATIC HIGH-VOLTAGE CURRENT CONTROL SYSTEM FOR
APPLE RECEIVERS, September 23, 1955
ESB-124 - TRANSIT TIME ERROR CORRECTION BY CONTROLLED INDEX
DISPLACEMENT, November 25, 1955
ESB-125 - RECENT IMPROVEMENTS IN THE APPLE COLOR PICTURE TUBE,
November 28, 1955
ESB-126 - THE MARK V RADIAL FOCUSER, December 22, 1955
ESB-127 - AN IMPROVED ALIGNMENT UNIT FOR APPLE SYSTEM
ELECTRON OPTICS, January 20, 1956

Report 0/456: Processing for Apple Receivers,
1954
Report 0/458: Principles of
Operation of an Apple Receiver, Nov 1954 (562K)
Report 0/482 :
Charging Effects in Apple Tubes, Feb 1955
Report 0/497:
Rauland Post-Deflection-Focus Shadow Mask Tube, 1955
Report 0/550:
Partial Notes on the Discussion with Dr. Sheperd
on Secondary Emission, Sep 1955
Report 0/556: Thoughts on New Apple
Systems, Oct 1955 (317K)
Report 0/575: Signal to Noise Considerations in Index Systems, Nov
1955
Report 0/586:
Notes on Ultra Violet Reflectors, Mar 1956
Report 0/589:
Experiment to Determine the Effects of Thermal Velocities
in the Standard Apple Gun, Mar 1956
Report:
Engineering Specification AD-2 for 21" Rectangular
Color Tube, Jun 1956 (237K)
Paper:
A New Beam-Indexing Color Television Display

System (The Apple System), Jun 1956 (300K)
Paper:
A Beam-Indexing Color Picture Tube -

The Apple Tube, Jun 1956 (784K)
Paper:
Current Status of Apple Receiver Circuits
and Components, Jun 1956 (1,550K)
Report 0/612:
Electrolytic Tank Study of Transit Time Induced
Phase Shift in Apple Tubes, Aug 1956
Report 0/625: Status On Color TV
Receivers and Systems
(Apple & Advanced Apple), Oct 1956 (80K)
Report 0/629:
Optimum index Phosphor Wavelength for Photoelectric Displays, Nov 1956
Report 0/633: Phosphor
Figure of Merit for Time-Sharing Systems, Nov 1956
Report 0/635: Study
of Flat Displays Report #1, Nov 1956
Report 0/640:
Comparison of Photoelectric Optical Chain Performance, Nov 1956
Report:
TV 8M-101 Tentative IF Alignment Procedure, Nov 1956
Report:
Apple Writing Beam, Feb 1957 (1,400K)
Paper:
An Advanced Color Television Receiver Using a Beam

Indexing Picture Tube, Mar 1957
(3,160K)
Paper:
Recent Improvements in the Apple Beam-Indexing

Color Tube, Mar 1957 (630K)
Report 0/735: CRT Masks, Oct 1957 (90K)
Memo:
Status of Electron-Optical work and Outline of Work
for the Next Month, Nov 1957 (83K)
Report:
Status of Electron-Optical work, Nov 1957
Report 0/751: Apple Tube Production (10/1/57 - 12/8/57), Dec
1957 (69K)
Report 0/782: Cost Analysis - Apple vs. Shadow Mask Receivers,
Mar 1958 (452K)
Schematics: 1958 to 1960

Report:
Direction and Time Line for Advanced Apple Program, not dated
Report:
Specifications for Apple Tube, not dated
Lecture: Apple
Tube, not dated
Report H-105: Research Advanced Apple Program, not dated
Report:
JF Series Apple Tube Data, not dated
List:
Apple Tube List, not dated (82K)
Paper:
Accuracy of Color Reproduction in the "Apple" System, not dated
Schematic:
Cohered Oscillator (COHO); hand drawn, not dated