[GreenKeys] TTY word counter

[hwhall at compuserve.com]

 >You had transistors?  We had to get by with those hollow glass things...
 

 Yep, I was given a 6 transistor radio when I was 10 or 11, I guess. When it quit working years later I took it all apart. Still have a few of the parts in my junk box, I bet. Transistors are nice for lightweight, low power, instant-on. But they can't give the mystique that comes with sitting in a dark room at night, roaming the wavelengths with only the light of the filaments & maybe a pilot lamp & the moonlight thru a window. And the smells... transistors smelled like plastic, whether off or on, but tube radios had many scents: warm metal, wax, glass, bakelite. And they smelled different when they came to life than when turned off. It's like the difference between an e-book and a real old hardback.

Kids these days... don't know what they're missing... mumble-mumble...  :-)

 
Wayne
WB4OGM


-----Original Message-----
From: Dave Horsfall <dave at horsfall.org>
To: Greenkeys <greenkeys at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Tue, Apr 12, 2016 6:34 pm
Subject: Re: [GreenKeys] TTY word counter

On Tue, 12 Apr 2016, hwhall at compuserve.com wrote:

> >I love the hand-drawn pc board traces!
> 
> Yeah, reminds me of the old transistor radio board layouts.

[Adopt Yorkshire accent]

You had transistors?  We had to get by with those hollow glass things...

-- 
Dave Horsfall DTM (VK2KFU)  "Those who don't understand security will suffer."
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