19 Nov
2002
19 Nov
'02
6:09 a.m.
ben franchuk wrote:
Old Tube stuff is still easy to fix compared to the
modern
market consumer products like computers. I don't think
in 10 years we will have many of this years products around to
be classic computers.
I see it in ham radio. Tinkering is gone. Can't easily modify a LSI
circuit like you can with discrete components you don't have to have a
electron microscope to see.
The expanding segment of boatanchor collecting/restoration is tribute to
the vacuum tube technology. Computers are still a system of black box
components that are replaced rather than fixed to the component level.
Gary Hildebrand WA7KKP
St. Joseph, MO