[Boatanchors] IC-775 or IC-775DSP

[Grant Youngman]

> Super Pros, A-Line gear, Big Heathkits, SX-28s and so on were 
> the basis for the original application, as I understand it. 
> Most of these guys were in their 50s-60s back then, one even 
> gave me a TDQ some years later and said "now THIS is a boatanchor!".

It has to have some place where you can tie a rope or attach a chain.  If
you drop it on the ground, there has to be some glass to break.

One day, I suppose, when what we call "radios" today, come in one small 5
pin chip (antenna, speaker, serial "thought-control interface", power and
ground) and use hyper-space tachyon tunnels rather than antennas, perhaps
even a 775 will fit the bill.

But I suspect it and most of its contemporaries will end up just being
called "great-grandpa's old junk".  Doesn't power up no matter what :-)

Grant/NQ5T