Thanks for everyone's input and thoughts...I'll have to stew on it all when I have a little more time and pick something out and put in an order.
Wow...when you put it in that perspective, it is quite funny. :-) Amazing how far we have come! Thanks for sharing. I can't imagine trying to work with an iron heated in an over...wow.. But...I guess if you can do that, you can do about anything! :-) Wesley -----Original Message----- When I learned electronics in high school it was tubes. Transistors had just been invented but were not commercially available. We wrapped our own coils for our one tube radio receivers and soldered the circuits using terminal strips. The soldering irons were passive - oblong chunks of copper that we had to file smooth and tin every day this on a steel shaft with a wooden handle. In total, about 16" long. By passive, I mean we had to heat them in little natural gas ovens that two classmates would share. I'm in hysterics thinking about a password protected digital soldering iron.. I've got an old pencil iron that got me through my life so far but this discussion has forced me into replying.. too funny - password protected soldering iron. I know, I know it makes sense for that environment but you hit my funny bone, that's all. Just had to share. -- -- ----- You received this message because you are a member of the Vintage Macs group. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To leave this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Vintage Macs" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
