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We did. 4 years ago we bought a brand-new Rav4. This is the closest thing in terms of reliability to a Saturn we could find nowadays; it is a pregnant Camry, which the entire world knows is (aside from consumables like tires, brakes & batteries) a 10-15 years zero-repairs vehicle if you do nothing but keep clean oil in it, and more if you actually take care of it.
We've had the Saturn since it was brand-new too; almost 23 years now. Over the course of its life, it provided collateral for no less than 3 life-altering loans, which we'd have been completely screwed without. And surviving a freak hailstorm, it paid out $6000 to us which allowed us to move and to close out one of those loans. Aside from a alternator and a radiator, the only repairs it has had are consumables of brakes, tires and batteries. Notice a pattern here...?
That is, until now. But I am a mechanic, and I know how to assess... it still has a year or three in it as long as we keep it for a 2nd vehicle. As primary transportation? Hell no. As a toy, or a 2nd vehicle? Hell yes.
Same as my brand new scope vs my 2465s and my 54645A.
So... just like you didn't know what you were missing not having a civilized semi-modern scope until you got that 54645D, I promise you Vince... you're missing out big time not having a semi-modern phone, or a semi-modern vehicle.
I think you've fallen into a really dangerous trap... a belief system built around the whole notion that everything new is cheap crap. The opposite is true with a lot of things; while almost everything nowadays is built to be disposable, many things are built now to be maintenance-free for the entirety of their design life. That is time you don't have to spend doing maintenance like "the good old days".
That is a thing of value in and of itself; it allows you to trade your single most valuable asset which is time, for mere easily replaceable money.
No matter how you slice it, that is a bargain.
As long as you're willing to step up and take that phone call from the here and now, rather than continue hiding out in the past.
mnem
"…You can linger too long in your dreams;
Say goodbye to the oldies but goodies,
'Cause the good ole days weren't always good
And tomorrow ain't as bad as it seems…"Both you and BD do make some valid points but as I pointed out, it assumes that others have the same ability and opportunities at changing their lives and requires them to have the money in the first instance to be to pony up when required. Indeed, the same could go for myself, but what has happened to us along the way is done and dusted, we cannot go back and alter the course of history, all any of us can do is to play the hand that we have been dealt with. I know I dream of all the things I am going to do if my numbers ever come up in our national lottery.
Fuck cars and smartphones, all junk.
Instead let's do something on topic and much more interesting : have these 3 lovely cans with lots of gold plated leads, how sexy.
Can't identify them. Does any old beard here have a clue what they are ?
First two from the left, the two shortest ones, have 8 leads. The third / taller one has 10 leads no less.
Probably some vintage OP-amp or comparator or linear voltage regulator I assume, but well... Google didn't help me here.
EDIT : if you know the answer but DO NOT have an old beard, that's fine, I will listen none the less.
Your Harris Op-Amps are attached below. That Texas Instruments CT305 is being a total cunt. Even TI doesn't want to admit to it.
mnem
Maybe we need to call it a CunT305...?
ENOUGH TALKING !
Unless someone can tell me what my vintage IC's are, I have the regret to inform the audience that I will have to shut down this forum !!
I don't know how to do that but I will pay BD to do it for me, I am sure he is capable of it, somehow. Just need to find the right stuff to bribe him with. Maybe a pack of floppies for his Apple laptop !
Edit; Isn't the iPhone 7 really becoming EOL now, iPhone 5 is dead in the water for Apps, as is my iPad Air which a 2018 model with a lot of apps no longer supporting it, it has 32GB of storage with 22GB free. It is my understanding that the iPhone 7 was released Sept 2016 so is already 2 years older so will have the same issues?
Nothing like it. The previous model, the iPhone 6s (first sold sept 2015, end of sale sept 2018), runs the current version of iOS and is still getting updates. The iPhone 7 was introduced a year later and discontinued 2019. Apple guarantee at least four years of updates from end of sale and the previous two models got five and six years of updates respectively. So the iPhone 7 has got at least until Sept 2023 to run, and quite likely as far out as 2025.
I don't know what you're saying about the iPad as there was no iPad Air on sale in 2018. There was the iPad Air 2 with an end of sale in 2017, and the iPad Air 3 which wasn't on sale before March 2019. However, both are currently supported on the latest version of iOS and are receiving updates to this day. Only the original iPad Air (EOS March 2016) has fallen off the update cycle, limited to iOS 12.5.5.I googled how to tell the age of my iPad and followed the instructions and was told to navigate to the General tab, where it gives me the model name and model number, serial number and the software version. There it gives me that model as being iPad Air currently running the latest iOS software of 12.5.5. Then the google site said to navigate to Legal tab, then onto Regulatory tab and then scroll down to very bottom and there almost hidden from view (in a ink colour designed to be hard to read) is the date of manufacture and that date is 2018-02-06. So that is where that information came from.
Edit; Isn't the iPhone 7 really becoming EOL now, iPhone 5 is dead in the water for Apps, as is my iPad Air which a 2018 model with a lot of apps no longer supporting it, it has 32GB of storage with 22GB free. It is my understanding that the iPhone 7 was released Sept 2016 so is already 2 years older so will have the same issues?
Nothing like it. The previous model, the iPhone 6s (first sold sept 2015, end of sale sept 2018), runs the current version of iOS and is still getting updates. The iPhone 7 was introduced a year later and discontinued 2019. Apple guarantee at least four years of updates from end of sale and the previous two models got five and six years of updates respectively. So the iPhone 7 has got at least until Sept 2023 to run, and quite likely as far out as 2025.
I don't know what you're saying about the iPad as there was no iPad Air on sale in 2018. There was the iPad Air 2 with an end of sale in 2017, and the iPad Air 3 which wasn't on sale before March 2019. However, both are currently supported on the latest version of iOS and are receiving updates to this day. Only the original iPad Air (EOS March 2016) has fallen off the update cycle, limited to iOS 12.5.5.I googled how to tell the age of my iPad and followed the instructions and was told to navigate to the General tab, where it gives me the model name and model number, serial number and the software version. There it gives me that model as being iPad Air currently running the latest iOS software of 12.5.5. Then the google site said to navigate to Legal tab, then onto Regulatory tab and then scroll down to very bottom and there almost hidden from view (in a ink colour designed to be hard to read) is the date of manufacture and that date is 2018-02-06. So that is where that information came from.
I think maybe you're seeing the date of the version of iOS it is running. All you have to do is Google the model number LASER-engraved on the back of it; there are shedloads of sites devoted to itemizing and cataloguing in teeth-aching detail everything Apple has ever made. My Daughter's A1893 6th Gen 9.7" iPad is often confused with the iPad Air 2; it can in fact be used with that model Otterbox.
mnem
In the UK gas is much cheaper than electricity, and is commonly used for central heating, water heating, and cooking.
I hate looking at America which is entirely built on energy usage. That's going to go to shit very vey quickly when it does go.
YMMV but consider security/risk first. The real cheapskate can see the horizon, knows what is going to cost them everything in the long run and doesn't care about the best priced bananas in the supermarket or the 70€ android because they are insignificant really. The cheapskate is only scared of unexpected expenses, uncalculated risks and unreliable technology.
Edit; Isn't the iPhone 7 really becoming EOL now, iPhone 5 is dead in the water for Apps, as is my iPad Air which a 2018 model with a lot of apps no longer supporting it, it has 32GB of storage with 22GB free. It is my understanding that the iPhone 7 was released Sept 2016 so is already 2 years older so will have the same issues?
Nothing like it. The previous model, the iPhone 6s (first sold sept 2015, end of sale sept 2018), runs the current version of iOS and is still getting updates. The iPhone 7 was introduced a year later and discontinued 2019. Apple guarantee at least four years of updates from end of sale and the previous two models got five and six years of updates respectively. So the iPhone 7 has got at least until Sept 2023 to run, and quite likely as far out as 2025.
I don't know what you're saying about the iPad as there was no iPad Air on sale in 2018. There was the iPad Air 2 with an end of sale in 2017, and the iPad Air 3 which wasn't on sale before March 2019. However, both are currently supported on the latest version of iOS and are receiving updates to this day. Only the original iPad Air (EOS March 2016) has fallen off the update cycle, limited to iOS 12.5.5.I googled how to tell the age of my iPad and followed the instructions and was told to navigate to the General tab, where it gives me the model name and model number, serial number and the software version. There it gives me that model as being iPad Air currently running the latest iOS software of 12.5.5. Then the google site said to navigate to Legal tab, then onto Regulatory tab and then scroll down to very bottom and there almost hidden from view (in a ink colour designed to be hard to read) is the date of manufacture and that date is 2018-02-06. So that is where that information came from.
That sounds like an original iPad Air if it's stuck at iOS 12.5.5, which was on sale from Oct 2013 March to March 2016 The manufacturing date could be later (e.g. warranty replacement 'parts' units as opposed to 'sales' units) but that's not the year that one would use in describing the model). What's the model number physically printed on the back of the machine? A1447?
y'all got me playing with my 54622d ....
You horrible tease! No pics of the component side, or the main PCB... or the component side of the main PCB...
mnem
*toddles off to polish his wood*
y'all got me playing with my 54622d ....
You horrible tease! No pics of the component side, or the main PCB... or the component side of the main PCB...
mnem
*toddles off to polish his wood*
That's an interesting euphemism!
Yes indeed it is an iPad Air 1, model is A1474 as printed on the back cover, but according to the model number in the settings menu it is MD768B/B for which I can find zero information.
Step two on the tube amp.
Tube sockets are mounted, so a mock-up on how things will look (minus the output transformers).
I'll have to find another voltage regulator tube so they match.
Do you have those anode caps as well?
I have these ones at the moment.
I might still use different HV rectifier tubes without the top-cap though, not 100% sure yet... Depends on how dangerous I feel.Why have you got recessed valve bases, are you planning to put coloured LEDS in them to give a low glow to the amp?
Nothing like it. The previous model, the iPhone 6s (first sold sept 2015, end of sale sept 2018), runs the current version of iOS and is still getting updates.
Yep 6s here working like a champ and does everything I need. But will upgrade eventually.
My current phone is the original iPhone SE (which is basically a 6s in a 5 sized case). I got it specifically because it was the physically largest iPhone I could tolerate and as a Mac user of many years it was time that I gave in and just accepted that if I wanted a phone and computer that would work together (after many failures with Android working with any computer) I had to get an iPhone.
I'm upgrading when I'm forced to and not a minute sooner, unless by some miracle Apple realise that there are people who want a phone that fits a pocket comfortably and are content to leave it there 99% of the time.
You can't discuss PAL or NTSC in terms of pixels, they are analog standards not digital. I know where you are coming from, there ARE difgital standards that are basically equivilent to PAL and NTSC and can be displayed on analog monitors but they are not PAL or NTSC (ignoring the fact that PAL ant NTSC are in fact colour / color encoding standards)
y'all got me playing with my 54622d ...
You horrible tease! No pics of the component side, or the main PCB... or the component side of the main PCB...
mnem
*toddles off to polish his wood*
That's an interesting euphemism!That is precisely what I thought, but thought twice about asking, discretion being the better part of valor etc
For the nixie tubes lover, this one seem to be cheap (40$). Not sure why someone hacked-in a 7 segments display ?
For the nixie tubes lover, this one seem to be cheap (40$). Not sure why someone hacked-in a 7 segments display ?
https://www.ebay.com/itm/134158692838
In the UK gas is much cheaper than electricity, and is commonly used for central heating, water heating, and cooking.
I have two problems with gas.
1)
Look at the efficiency of my gas water heater:
I can't sleep at night when I thing that 38% of my DHW gas (bill) is going to heat up the sky/stars.
2)
BTW: I adore climate town YT channel.
That's why I am switching to a Rheem Pro Terra
For the nixie tubes lover, this one seem to be cheap (40$). Not sure why someone hacked-in a 7 segments display ?
https://www.ebay.com/itm/134158692838
For the nixie tubes lover, this one seem to be cheap (40$). Not sure why someone hacked-in a 7 segments display ?
https://www.ebay.com/itm/134158692838
What a sad looking steaming pile. I'd be ashamed to display that in my lab.
For the nixie tubes lover, this one seem to be cheap (40$). Not sure why someone hacked-in a 7 segments display ?
https://www.ebay.com/itm/134158692838
What a sad looking steaming pile. I'd be ashamed to display that in my lab.
I'm sure you could do wonders with a little bit of blue paint ?