Re: A bit OT: simulators for children
Oh my. That jogs a long-ago memory ¡ ¡°Things of Science¡±. You can read about them at: http://ecg.mit.edu/george/tos/
The ones that come to mind seem to be ca. 1965. They were blue-box and
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Paul Birkel
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Re: A bit OT: simulators for children
...was at 14.? Google " *American Basic Science Club* "? It was fantastic and sponsored my interest in Science, but most of all Electronics.
There is a system called "Little Bits" (
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Larry McElhiney
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Re: A bit OT: simulators for children
My exposure was similar. I received a Heathkit EK-3 educational kit when I was 9, and one of those multi-project kits a year of so later. I decided then that I was going to be an EE then.
Later,
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Dave Daniel
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Re: A bit OT: simulators for children
My first exposure to electronics, at age 7, was one of those kits
received as an xmas gift from my mother. It was the 65-in-1 version.
From that point, I knew beyond all doubt what I'd be doing
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Dave McGuire
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Re: Search HP vintage PlugIN
just a quick information: oscilloscope plugins don't work properly on
the 182T display, at least that is my experience with a few of them.
The horizontal sweep gets delayed and the fast waveforms
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Francesco Messineo
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Search HP vintage PlugIN
Hello,
I repaired a 182T series oscilloscope and 8558B analyzer.
I would like to know where to find surplus resellers of this type of equipment in France and / or nearby (Be/ De/ It/ Es, Uk)
I would
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Gerard
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Re: A bit OT: simulators for children
Hi Mark,
there are serveral progs for Elektronic learning with PC:
- EDISON - Multimedia Lab for Exploring Electricity and Electronics
- Winscope - Oscilloscope for Windows, using Sound Card
-
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Heinz-Peter Deutsch
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Re: Copying 4145A floppy - a suggestion
Phew. I was just microwaving some popcorn to watch you try to teach Mr Mcguire how to suck eggs.
Imminent disaster averted.
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Andy ZL3AG
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Re: Difference between 4145A and B units
"Chuck Harris" <cfharris@...> writes:
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Matt Huszagh
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HP-Agilent ¨C Keysight catalogs Newer than 2003
Hi all sorry should read newer
Sent: 04 June 2021 04:52
To: [email protected]
Subject: [HP-Agilent-Keysight-equipment] HP-Agilent ¨C Keysight catalogs older than 2003
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Paul Bicknell
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Re: A bit OT: simulators for children
Sort of like a virtual Radio Shack 101 kit?? That was one of the best gifts I ever received.??
-Dave
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Dave Seiter
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HP-Agilent ¨C Keysight catalogs older than 2003
Hi All
Looking for HP-Agilent ¨C Keysight catalogs older than 2003 to go onto this site
Also Any service manuals or CLIP files also to go onto this site
Regards Paul B
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Paul Bicknell
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Re: Difference between 4145A and B units
I went down this rabbit hole when I bought my HP4145A.
I had images of the disk, as read by the jack-of-all trades
disk copying program, ImageDisk, that runs under DOS. So,
I naively thought that if
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Chuck Harris
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A bit OT: simulators for children
Hi Group: thought I'd start here w/this topic...
I have a couple of grandsons that are into 'Mine Craft'.
Apparently (I have never 'played' it) you can create "machines" (systems?)
that are like
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Mark Bielman
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EPM to 437B compatibility
The 8360 series sweepers, i.e. 83620B, etc., require a 437B Power Meter to perform the ALC Flatness adjustment.? The E4418B has a 437B HPIB language mode but does not seem to work in this
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billyatams
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Re: Copying 4145A floppy - a suggestion
You are right.? I had forgotten about the multitude of floppy controllers/sector sizes, CRC, etc that were in play.
Bob
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Bob Stewart <bob@...>
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Re: Copying 4145A floppy - a suggestion
I'm sorry, but yes, I do know.
Correct. Please don't try to explain to me how dd works; I'm quite
familiar with it. Once again, it is the device driver that cares about
the format, and
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Dave McGuire
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Re: Copying 4145A floppy - a suggestion
I don't want to start a flame war here.? But, if you haven't tried it, then you do not know.
dd reads sectors and writes sectors.? It doesn't care about the formatting system on the disk.? It
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Bob Stewart <bob@...>
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Re: Copying 4145A floppy - a suggestion
No. Why? Because I actually know exactly how magnetic data
recording, floppy disks, floppy disk controllers, floppy controller
device drivers, and "dd" work.
-Dave
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Dave McGuire
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Re: Copying 4145A floppy - a suggestion
Have you actually used dd for this and had it not work?
Bob
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Bob Stewart <bob@...>
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