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11-23-2010, 08:16 AM
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New at Amazon / Barnes and Noble
Stocking stuffer?
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11-23-2010, 11:10 AM
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Thanks for the compliment, but in my case you might want to replace the "for" with "by."
 If an ex-English major like me can learn to stumble through these projects, anybody can. The key is to find forums like this and ask lots of questions! Phil
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11-23-2010, 11:57 AM
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Thanks! Almost spilled my coffee when I saw my name
 I agree with Phil and I'll add - read everything you can. Forum posts, service manuals, books on service and theory, etc. Home study courses are especially nice if you're just starting out.
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11-23-2010, 02:20 PM
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Does such a book for learning Oscilloscopes exist in this series?
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11-23-2010, 05:44 PM
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Still wish I had an "Elmer" lookin' over my shoulder...I'm really quite stupid, actually, I have LOTS of trouble tryin' to visualise how to do things if I don't have someone showin' me...Always been that way to some extent, but ever since the stroke its got worse...
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11-23-2010, 07:47 PM
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I had some time to kill this morning while waiting for the wife to get back from errands, so I played around with Paint Shop Pro and created the homage cover.
Phil, I happened upon your website back in the late 90's, and really enjoyed visiting for the updates. It's simplicity helped greatly when I was deployed aboard the USS Harry S. Truman - our internet speed was sub-56K modem, and split among 1300 computers. Couldn't get the CNN webpages, but Phils Old Radios pages were quick loading! You still have some quick page loads. I was deleting personal data on my old Win98 machine, and came across your site's bookmark on ...gasp!...an old verrsion of Netscape Navigator. Thanks for spurning a greater interest in all things old in this old guy. Bob, if (God forbid!) things ever take a downturn in the computer programming arena, you could easily make a living as a restoration artiste. Seriously, I get the blues when you finish a project! Keep restorin' and sharing - and a big thanks to both you and Phil (and the many others here on VK) for the education, mentorship, and entertainment. Cheers,
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11-23-2010, 09:03 PM
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If you're roaming around the site, you can tell which things I owned then. They're the ones with the teeny weeny photos. When I did the last redesign, I considered rephotographing things and substituting bigger images, but by then a lot of that stuff had gone off to the Great Swap Meet in the Sky. Phil
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11-23-2010, 09:41 PM
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When I dragged home my first vintage set worth mentioning (RCA 630TS), it was Phil's site to the rescue. I had no idea what it's historical significance was or how the heck to take it apart so I could haul it up the stairs to my place.
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11-23-2010, 11:58 PM
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OH MAAN!!! i totaly fell for it!!! I thought the book was real!!
I do admit the authors names looked familiar... Gooooooooooood ONE!!! SR
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11-24-2010, 11:49 AM
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