A PDP-8, eh? Good grief, I had a couple of PDP-8Es in around 1970. Soon went to PDP-11s, then a VAX.
My, how time doth fly. 73, Barrie, W7ALW > Gents, I once had the privilege of touring (part of) the Western Electric > facility in > Cicero, IL courtesy of my electronics instructor, Harry umm > somethingorother. > I don't know whether the setup we all saw was WA's main capacitor > production > device, but it sure was cute. A PDP 8/I was being used as a > process-control computer (someone sells DIY kits for these now...) for a > foil+dielectric winding gizmo. > Set up the foil and plastic rolls, click to the desired value and let 'er > rip. > > Man, she was pretty. [ oh.. it was Harry Wheaton IIRC ] > > This COULD be duplicated by someone with a yen to DIY; hey, > there's a fellow in France who manufactures his own vacuum tubes > from start to finish; they DO work, I'm told. > > Just a vagrant thought for your delectation. > > 73 all, Terry KC9KEL > > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net > AMRadio mailing list > Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html > List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio > Post: [email protected] > To unsubscribe, send an email to [email protected] with > the word unsubscribe in the message body. > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > > ______________________________________________________________ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Post: [email protected] To unsubscribe, send an email to [email protected] with the word unsubscribe in the message body. This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
