28 Mar
2001
28 Mar
'01
4:02 a.m.
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Honniball" <John.Honniball(a)uwe.ac.uk>
To: <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2001 11:22 AM
Subject: Re: RE: List spammer ID'd
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part of Philips). By the time of the Moon landings we
had
dual-standard 405/625 and VHF/UHF sets. Oh, and BBC 2 was
a new channel on UHF, 625-line only!
Does this explain why old episodes of Dr. Who look so wacky on NTSC? :)
I started in electronics with PNP germanium
transistors,
although a lot of valve radio and tape recording gear was
still around. My idea of "high-tech" shortly after that
was a 741 op-amp.
I'd like to try to build a computer only using 741's...
I've just done a lecture where I showed people an
acoustically-coupled modem (300 baud). I had to take an
old phone along to show how it would fit, because no-one
would imagine that now, with all phones being different
sizes.
I've got one of those! I've been scouring salvation armys for old style
phones for years. I miss those things, they weighed a ton, you knew when you
were holding one in your hands..
"...and you try to tell the young people that,
and they
won't believe you!"
Oh, aye... aye...
--
John Honniball
Email: John.Honniball(a)uwe.ac.uk
University of the West of England