The Original Old Farts Club

[ROSTERMAN]

^^^funny I thought I was in Denver

See how good their Brain washing has become
Sheep LOL

 

[Hippie420]

^^^funny I thought I was in Denver

I thought you lived in confusion.

 

[pute]

I thought you lived in confusion.

Never been there....what state is it in?

 

[WeedHopper]

California

 

[Unca Walt]

I just won this on the B.C. government auction site for $90.00 Cdn.
An Iwatsu SS-5702 dual channel 20 MHZ oscilloscope.

Back in the Olden Days, I built an O-scope from the Heathkit company. And a multimeter. And a color TV.

 

[ROSTERMAN]

California

Back in the Olden Days, I built an O-scope from the Heathkit company. And a multimeter. And a color TV.

My Brother in law built the TV in his wall of house into garage
Was very cool

 

[ROSTERMAN]

I miss the Heath Kits, way more fun than video games or TV

 

[Unca Walt]

Me too. The business model morphed into Radio Shack. And then even that fell to the wayside as electronics became orders of magnitude more complex.

I'm an old EE. While I designed computer circuitry, I can tell you in complete honesty that I have no fargin idea of what is going on now. A single silicon chip will have BOOKS... and PAGES... (that's what they are called) of circuitry so complex as to be outside the realm of ordinary folks.

So that is why the business model died: Progress. You can buy a functioning computer/oscilloscope/etc. for far less than buying the parts and assembling them yourself (if you even could).

 

[WeedHopper]

I use to build computers too Walt. My 1st was a Pentium 933 i overclocked to 1050.
Bought all my **** from Frys Electronics.

 

[ROSTERMAN]

Me too. The business model morphed into Radio Shack. And then even that fell to the wayside as electronics became orders of magnitude more complex.

I'm an old EE. While I designed computer circuitry, I can tell you in complete honesty that I have no fargin idea of what is going on now. A single silicon chip will have BOOKS... and PAGES... (that's what they are called) of circuitry so complex as to be outside the realm of ordinary folks.

So that is why the business model died: Progress. You can buy a functioning computer/oscilloscope/etc. for far less than buying the parts and assembling them yourself (if you even could).

Oh yes , I remember building with the 8085 Microprocessor

 

[ROSTERMAN]

 

[Tattered Old Graywolf]

Lots here have already fired up there sprinkler system.....gonna be some frozen pipes today.

I turned ours on yesterday and dug out the buried heads. Easier this year as I dug up all the heads last year and reset them after over 30 years of settling.

I use to build computers too Walt.

Electronics is not my strong suite, though I've worked as plant manager at an electronics firm and can assemble circuits from the design by others. In the 60's I built a Tesla Coil from scratch as a project, but got my brother in law to help building my second computer in the 90's. When I built the automated Terpenators, I used PSI for the electronics, and wrote the logic, but was able to get the same engineer who programmed the Pentium III for Microsoft, to program my chips. Electronics have gotten a lot more complicated..............

 

[ROSTERMAN]

I turned ours on yesterday and dug out the buried heads. Easier this year as I dug up all the heads last year and reset them after over 30 years of settling.



Electronics is not my strong suite, though I've worked as plant manager at an electronics firm and can assemble circuits from the design by others. In the 60's I built a Tesla Coil from scratch as a project, but got my brother in law to help building my second computer in the 90's. When I built the automated Terpenators, I used PSI for the electronics, and wrote the logic, but was able to get the same engineer who programmed the Pentium III for Microsoft, to program my chips. Electronics have gotten a lot more complicated..............

https://skunkpharmresearch.com/mk-iii-terpenator/

 

[pute]

Good morning I can barely change a light bulb.

Don't forget to vote on the poll in the covid thread.

 

[Unca Walt]

I am gonna make one of these!!

 

[Hippie420]

Know how many Californians it takes to change a light bulb?
Five.
One to change the bulb, and four to share in the experience.

 

[ROSTERMAN]

Know how many Californians it takes to change a light bulb?
Five.
One to change the bulb, and four to share in the experience.

Normally would need 20 to hold and cry in each arms while one person did the work, they limit it to a changing gather of 5 due to Covid

 

[Tattered Old Graywolf]

https://skunkpharmresearch.com/mk-iii-terpenator/

Here is the MK VA2 control panel built by Moi, except for the two PC boards with the chips.

 

[ROSTERMAN]

Here is the MK VA2 control panel built by Moi, except for the two PC boards with the chips.


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Nice clean work indeed.

 

[Tattered Old Graywolf]

In reading the neighborhood forum, I see neighbors complaining that the guy who was recently shot after pointing a replica gun at the cops, should have been handled less forcefully and another seeking someone to humanely remove rats from their basement without hurting them. Scary to realize this who I'm sharing foxholes with and voting against these days?