[NJARC] "Hands-On" Science at the Museum

[Dave Sica]

On Wed, 31 Oct 2007 11:10:25 -0700 (PDT) john ruccolo <jr6v6gt at yahoo.com>
writes:
> We've all passed up about a ZILLION old 5-inch low
> bandwidth scopes (mostly Eico and Heathkit, plus some
> others). I'm glad somebody *finally* found a use for
> them -- besides taking the tubes out!

I read a while back that it had become fashionable for "young people"
(I'm no longer sure exactly what age that means ;-) to use old 'scopes to
display audio patterns of the music at parties and dances. Sounds like
the oil-and-colored-water-on-an-overhead-projector "light shows" that I
remember from school dances in the sixties and early seventies!