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Recent content by granddad

  1. granddad

    PIC KIT 3 not able to program dsPIC

    I got a MC Snap when they were 9 GBP.
  2. granddad

    3½ Glorious Nixie Tube Digits!

    I have a couple of RIFA make 1000vac 0.47uf they are old 40y but look ok.
  3. granddad

    3½ Glorious Nixie Tube Digits!

    Has anyone got a time machine circuit ..
  4. granddad

    3½ Glorious Nixie Tube Digits!

    I worked on retail VAT equipment with 6 digit , the short front display Nixie tubes, must have been 1973 ish, the 'machine' took the VATable total from some wafer switches on the cash register ( NCR class 5 ) and worked out the tax ( was 17.5 % at the start ) the 'calculator' box about a foot...
  5. granddad

    3½ Glorious Nixie Tube Digits!

    Heathkit back in the 1960 was one of my first ventures into the 'art' of electronics, ( Tuner , Amp ) It was really expensive , but i saved a little each week from my £5 wages .Was still living at home so parents were impressed with our first stereo radiogram ... It had a Garrard deck, with...
  6. granddad

    Back to the old BASIC days

    Have 6502 fun , Too busy digging up spuds to do serious projects,:-) but have some CAN modules to play with when I have time.
  7. granddad

    Funny Images Thread!

    Welcome to 1984, Look up from your phone and see what is going on.
  8. granddad

    Back to the old BASIC days

    Truly amazing how techie times have changed .
  9. granddad

    Back to the old BASIC days

    CDP1802 . started my bug .
  10. granddad

    Funny Images Thread!

    Too many to process , www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tt4sndK9lFQ
  11. granddad

    Funny Images Thread!

  12. granddad

    Can anyone pls buy these

    Its difficult to bin old silicon ...
  13. granddad

    Pi

    i was confused seems Pi is more complex than it seems, is this why it is like infinite ..... The answer to life, the universe, and everything may not be 42, but Pi
  14. granddad

    Pi

    What ! www.youtube.com/watch?v=vlUTlbZT4ig&t=485s
  15. granddad

    Funny Images Thread!

    A chap in Hall Green had a very small shop and bought bulk components from RS re packed them and sold as one offs even resistors ! , Think he also dismantled equipment and put it on his shelves , For TTL had to order from Maplin, or Edgware Rd London.

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