Hi Donald,
I wasn't a tech back then but my college had a PDP-12 for us budding techs
and technologists to play with, I can still picture the four guys crowded
around the video display playing Space Rocket or whatever it was called.
Years later in Winnipeg, while still in the RCAF, we had a MicroVax 3500
for aircraft maintenance data and other things.
I caution you to buy your Nanovna and or Tinysa from the recommended
source(s) in respective Groups.io, that way you get the support.
John
VE7KKQ
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On Sun, Dec 27, 2020 at 6:54 PM Donald McRoberts <W3DRM@...> wrote:
I just joined this group today attempting to get more info on the NanoVNA
equipment but, quickly stumbled on this thread talking about the old
computer equipment of the 70's and 80's. I hit 80 on my last birthday (soon
to be 81 in February) and had a full career as a field service engineer for
Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC). I worked on all of their systems from
PDP-4, PDP-6, PDP-7, PDP-8 (all versions), PDP-9, PDP-10 and the early
PDP-11's. It was a rewarding journey from southern California to Hawaii, to
northern California and covering equipment from Alaska to the entire west
coast of the USA. Carrying scopes, tool bags and all kinds of equipment
along with me on airplanes was a daily occurrence. I certainly couldn't do
that today but then, today's technicians and engineers don't carry the
heavy stuff we did in my day. I'm also a ham, W3DRM as are my son and
grandson. My dad was a ham before they had ham licenses (early 1900's).
Anyway, am looking forward to learning a lot about the NanoVNA.
Eventually, I'll probably buy one but need to do more analysis before I do
that. Am interested in doing more study with antennas and transmission line
design.
