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But weren't there also ones with a "grounding cable" that was supposed to help with "radiation"? I'm sure it was quackery, but I seem to remember those as well.


Not quackery when you had a bad CRT. Think like a TV, where static would make dust cling to screen surface.


Yeah I remember those things as mostly being a static electricity mitigation device.


Found one: https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51wlkk6uOCL...

I believe it's marketed also as "anti electromagnetic interference."




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