23 Jun
2006
23 Jun
'06
10:54 p.m.
On 6/21/2006 at 3:57 PM Max wrote:
But more to the point, I'd quite like one myself
for nostalgia's sake (I
know, I know, "nostalgia isn't what it used to be" -- these are the jokes
the Muppet Show refused).
But we digress ... do you have any ideas?
Hey, Max--welcome to the list!
I suspect that some pretty fertile ground for prospecting might be a used
CNC equipment dealer. Paper tape used to be the lingua franca of the CNC
world and a lot of equipment has been upgraded with solid-state paper tape
emulator boxes.
For those of you who don't know, Max is the author of some wonderful EDN
articles and a book that should be on everyone's shelf--"Bebop to the
Boolean Boogie: An Unconventional Guide to Electronics Fundamentals,
Components, and Processes". Want to know about Multiwire? It's in
there--as is a whole bunch of other fascinating stuff.
Cheers,
Chuck