22 Oct
2005
22 Oct
'05
12:41 p.m.
Upon the date 03:12 PM 10/22/2005, Fred Cisin said something like:
The only thing measurable is the observer's ability to see and interpret
the two digits shown and perhaps the ability of that same observer to
tinker with the jumpering of that display board to configure different numbers.
$550.00. Indeed. Hmmph!
Christian Fandt, Electronic/Electrical Historian
Jamestown, NY USA cfandt at netsync.net
Member of Antique Wireless Association
URL: http://www.antiquewireless.org/
We have to get
way more sophisticated about this:
"Use the SMIMS SX-5000 power cord with your computer monitor to improve the
Howzbout: also mention that viruses will not be transmitted through this
cord
Lame attempt to make this on-topic: As far as
silly marketing hyperbole
goes, I
remember in the late 70s when "Turbo
PASCAL" and "Turbo BASIC" were
released
and thinking "Oh, geez, the stupidity of
macho car marketing comes to
the world
of computing". Then there were those insipid
"Turbo Mode" switches on
late-80-early-90s PCs. And the attached numeric LED clock rate
displays, which
were nothing but numerals hard-wired to the
switch.
Exam question: what is actually measured by those numeric displays?