Components of Yesterday

[Hawkeye07]

I thought I'd post this in General Discussion instead of the Computer technical based forum because it's more of a curiosity post rather than technical.

I found this in a Techspot email I received today and I thought I'd share it.

[Anthindelahunt]

Whoa ! We have come a long way. That is
incredible. Reading about the changes,really
doesn't prepare you for the reality.

Thanks Hawkeye for showing.

Anthin.

[Fozzer]

Fascinating subject, Hawk!

For me, the biggest change was from the old glass Thermionic Valves to the modern Micro Chips!

https://www.electronics-notes.com/artic ... istory.php

I used to spend many hours in my garden shed, designing and building Radio Sets. Audio Amplifiers, Transmitters/Receivers, etc; and repairing Radios and TV Sets; using Valves, Resistors, Capacitors, tuning Condensers, large Transformers, etc....

...now everything is contained within little slivers of plastic with copper legs!

My garden shed is still full of all the "Old Stuff", amongst all the Spiders and their Webs......now completely obsolete!.... ....!

The "Olden Days" was a time when you could "fix things". Now, everything is thrown away and replaced!... ....!

I had lots of fun in the; "Olden Days", fixing things! .... ...!

My Olden Days are leaving me far behind now... ...!

Paul.....with a house full of glass valve filled Superheterodyne Radio Sets.... ...!

[Hawkeye07]

I hear ya Paul. I attended the U.S.Navy's Aviation Electrician's Mate school back in 1969 and "Tube Theory" was still high on the curriculum. In 1973 I transferred to my first shore duty at Patuxent River NATC and there I worked on some of the defective components the squadron personnel had replaced. One of the test & repair stations was for the autopilot system out of the C-121 Connie. No lie, the main computer was 3 feet square and 16 inches high. You knew it was heavy because it had 4 handles on the case. And all vacuum tubes!
Now, as you say, it's all plug and play. No play, no stay.

[yancovitch]

haha....i bet the repair techs for tv-stereo-phones etc. wouldn't even know what to do with a capacitor or resistor today:D .....they just replace parts ......they just have to be mechanically inclined......sad...the distance between the technically advanced and the general population is becoming wider and wider....just like the rich and poor......
if there was some kind of mass destruction on earth and the maybe 10-20% of the population who were technically knowledgeable were considerably reduced in numbers.......i doubt if the remaining masses could even figure out how to make an iron nail......ok maybe i'm exaggerating and i didn't express this quite right, but you get the idea.....

[Sinkrate]

It works with chocolates as well. The choc bars I used to have as a kid were huge compared to the tiny offerings available today.

[SpaceHippy1975]

It works with chocolates as well. The choc bars I used to have as a kid were huge compared to the tiny offerings available today.

Too true!

[Jetranger]

HERE is another Componet OF yESTERDAY !!!

ENJOY, just don't Swallow !!!!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_Ovg5vtOew

[Anthindelahunt]

Onley in Australia.
Anthin.

[yancovitch]

keep the stuff fozzer, it may one day be worth a lot..........and yea....i remember building heathkit and dynakit stereo equipment....i remember that the dynakit basic amplifier became very popular later for musicians......

[SG-19]

Try plugging that 20MB sucker into your I-phone.

[Fozzer]

My 1982 Sinclair Spectrum computer still gives me great pleasure with it's 48k of system memory and 3.5 MHz Zilog Processor....
..the same with my Commodore C64 and Amstrad CPC 464 computers.

All the joy of 8-bits!

...and my Amiga 1200 with its 32-bit memory and 14 GHz Processor was a magical upgrade!

Paul ....Bedroom Programmers!... ....!