I make my
meagre crust working on machines of, on average, 2-3GHz of
processing power, 1-2 gig of RAM and about a quarter to a half a
terabyte of RAM. I fear when one of those goes wrong, probing for a
duff transistor will do me little good!
=20
Errgh.. I was *not* talking about anything modern!! :( :( Is not=20
this a *vintage* computer email group?! I was referring to things=20
like C=3D PETs, 4040s and other systems from that era! ie stuff you=20
can test with equipment that does not mortgage your house.. =20
As I have said many, many times (and I wasn't joking), one reason I don't
have a modern PC is that I can't afford the 'scope and logic analyser I'd
need to be able to repair them.
One reason I stick ot vintage machines is that I can understand them, I
can do hardweare tests on them with equipoment I have, I can repair them.
> Ahhh. I'm going the other way. The recent new
skills that are relevant
> to me are principles of firewalling and TCP/IP security, routing, DNS
> setup and so on. I'm also trying to learn about setting up and running
So? I doubt very much if I'll ever need metal-turning skills in any job I
get, this hasn't stopped me from learning to use a lathe.
> Linux servers built from scratch and a bit of
coding in Python. For
> me, the relevance of basic electronics is declining, not increasing,
> and I am already half way through my life and accelerating!
The day I stop learning is the day I am put in a pine box. Seriously!
-tony