A modern take on an often discussed issue:

 

A modern take on an often discussed issue:

That's the problem, people are not using an iron the size of a .50 Desert Eagle.

I wish there were videos of the program we had: MINIATURE AND MICROMINIATURE (2M) ELECTRONIC REPAIR PROGRAM
https://www.navsea.navy.mil/Portals/103/Documents/MARMC/2MMTR Certification Manual SEP2011.pdf

 

 

That is a national treasure of soldering.

 

Wow! Where did you find such an old video? It was like going back to the past. Those black and white days.

 

Where did you find such an old video?

Ummmmm...Youtube?

 

That's the problem, people are not using an iron the size of a .50 Desert Eagle.

I wish there were videos of the program we had: MINIATURE AND MICROMINIATURE (2M) ELECTRONIC REPAIR PROGRAM
https://www.navsea.navy.mil/Portals/103/Documents/MARMC/2MMTR Certification Manual SEP2011.pdf

I remember that course!!!

 

Soldering in 1980:

There's a number of videos in the series.

 

I'm thinking of changing the name of this thread to "Old School Electronics" or something.

Lots of great old films on YT.

 

 

I miss my multi-function analog computer:

 

I miss my multi-function analog computer:

Mine is in a glass case on the wall with a label, " In Case of Power or battery failure. Break Glass"

 

Mine is in a glass case on the wall with a label, " In Case of Power or battery failure. Break Glass"

Or zomby apocalypse.

 

 

 

I used to see a lot of this when I was a kid, I used to find abandoned electrical junk, old TVs radios etc:



So called "tag board" (if my memory serves). These were good finds for a kid, it was easy to cut the wires and remove and reuse the components, I had a ton of junk components like these when I was a teenager.

 

Some more recent nostalgia:

 

I wish I was closer to CA:

 

 

I used to see a lot of this when I was a kid, I used to find abandoned electrical junk, old TVs radios etc:

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So called "tag board" (if my memory serves). These were good finds for a kid, it was easy to cut the wires and remove and reuse the components, I had a ton of junk components like these when I was a teenager.

Same with me.
Back in the early 70s, it reached a point where I had so many recycled components, that I had to empty the drawer where normally my socks and underwear was placed, and replaced it with boxes of components.
Or junk as my mom called it.