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Sandy G · #16 05-09-2009, 09:05 PM

Only thing MEANER than a Donkey or a Mule is a Stud Pony...Them Evil l'il sumbiches will lay & wait for 10 years til they can get you into a stall & kick the livin' FIRE outta you...They will. They LOVE to unload on you w/both barrels at once, too..

Kiwick · #17 05-10-2009, 06:57 PM

My mule is actually gentle, trusting and safe to have around, even inside his stall, but he loves to chew, topple and rip apart stuff especially when he's bored, he also LOVES to bite my goats!

He's an invaluable companion in my UE trips, he's trained to climb stairs and get into narrow passages, basements etc. as long as the floor is clear from rubble and safe for his weight.
Squatters and junkies will usually think twice before approaching you if you're riding a potentially lethal half ton beast, and he allows me to get away fast if i need to.

Sandy G · #18 05-10-2009, 07:11 PM

Well, you got a VERY good mule then, all the ones I've ever been around are kinda "ill-tempered". And I've always been nice to horses, ponies, donkeys, mules, speaking softly to them, offering them grass or an apple, trying to re-assure them that I'm a friend, & often as not, they'll come at me w/their ears pinned back, ready for murder & mayhem...(grin)

old_tv_nut · #19 05-10-2009, 08:56 PM

some topics drift - this one rode off on a mule!

Sandy G · #20 05-10-2009, 09:02 PM

Yeah, it kinda did & its MY fault...But Good News on the Funka-Delic plug...I'm gonna get one from Eric, who graciously offered it to me. This forum never ceases to amaze me w/the help, technical know-how, & all around GREAT camraderie/"Karma" that is in abundance here daily...

Kiwick · #21 05-11-2009, 02:32 PM

Talking about oddball power connectors, when i was a kid (about 10 years old) i had a 5" Russian "videopocket" B/W set, the power socket on the TV was a 6 pin affair and had both 230Vac and 12Vdc inputs, the 12Vdc car lighter cord had the same connector as the 230Vac one but wired differently

At some point i lost the original AC cord, then i found out that a standard figure 8 power connector would fit just fine between two pins of the set's power socket, so i plugged it in and... BLAM! i blasted the set with 230 volts on the 12Vdc input & toasted every single transistor and IC in the set!

Well all came good in the end, as my granny bought me another identical set (they were very cheap) and i also had a broken set to tear apart & have fun with, it was incredibly well built, it had a box-shaped chassis with several hinged modules! i still have the "surviving" set today along with its cords.

fsjonsey · #22 05-11-2009, 10:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Kiwick

Talking about oddball power connectors, when i was a kid (about 10 years old) i had a 5" Russian "videopocket" B/W set, the power socket on the TV was a 6 pin affair and had both 230Vac and 12Vdc inputs, the 12Vdc car lighter cord had the same connector as the 230Vac one but wired differently

At some point i lost the original AC cord, then i found out that a standard figure 8 power connector would fit just fine between two pins of the set's power socket, so i plugged it in and... BLAM! i blasted the set with 230 volts on the 12Vdc input & toasted every single transistor and IC in the set!

Well all came good in the end, as my granny bought me another identical set (they were very cheap) and i also had a broken set to tear apart & have fun with, it was incredibly well built, it had a box-shaped chassis with several hinged modules! i still have the "surviving" set today along with its cords.

I'd love to see pics of your videopocket some time! Soviet consumer electronics really intrigue for a couple of reasons. Their construction techniques were, erm, interesting to say the least, and because they were never sold here in the 'States, for obvious reasons, we don't see them often. Was the videopocket an attempt to clone one of the early Japanese solid state personal portables, like Sony's 5" Micro-TV?

Mr Hoover · #23 05-12-2009, 07:31 AM

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Originally Posted by fsjonsey

Soviet consumer electronics really intrigue for a couple of reasons. Their construction techniques were, erm, interesting

There was a portable TV called a Rigonda sold in the UK in the early 1970's
picture of it here
http://scienceandsociety.co.uk/resul...image=10463702

Remember it on promotion,collect some packet tops of Kelloggs cornflakes
and send them in with quite a low amount of money at the time for a portable
TV.

The set had a nasty problem in the power supply where a series voltage
regulator transistor would go short circuit & the CRT heater would be
overrun if I remember correctly.Some equivalents to Soviet transistors were hard to find also

Hugh

Kiwick · #24 05-12-2009, 07:37 PM

the Videopocket was made in the mid 70s- early 90s time frame, it was probably competing with cheap Asian portables, the Videopocket was just as cheap but much more complicated and better made (like most Russian electronics). mine was from 1988

The screen is "pure flat" (but with round corners), it has two 2" speakers with massive Alnico magnets, modular chassis construction and manual varactor tuning.

Here's a picture of a Videopocket, this one has a different brand and the cabinet is red instead of tan but it's otherwse identical to mine (which is buried too deep to take a pic of it right now)