Stock Electronic Image FAILS

[magic]

Not really a typical fail but still funny.

[Howardlong]

That reminds me of back in the 70s when we debugged code by decoding data and address buses on CROs, writing down the ones and zeros, one address/data line at a time.

The typical scenario was that the DUT wouldn't properly boot, then you'd try to find where in the boot code it fell over before it chewed up the entire stack. It also wasn't unusual to provide a periodic reset to have something to trigger off. If you were lucky the scope would have a delayed trace function; if not you'd have to fabricate your own delay.

You'd end up with pages of 0's and 1's, and it wasn't long before you could disassemble most instructions in your head.

[Gyro]

Bring back paper tape. Human readable and editable!

Also great for 'Merry Christmas' streamers.

[Howardlong]

Bring back paper tape. Human readable and editable!

Also great for 'Merry Christmas' streamers.

Updating or deleting a character by hand on paper tape was relatively easy particularly if it was for use with an optical rather than a mechanical reader. Inserting a character not so much unless you had immediate access to a TTY/teleprinter with a reader & punch available to copy and edit the original.

The young players think I'm some kind of deity on the odd rare occasions I appear to be able to encode & decode ASCII in my head. It was a skill we just picked up back then.

[PlainName]

I realise that the presenter also does unboxings of various electronics bits and bobs sent to her

Did NiHaoMike give you permission to post that one?

[Gyro]

Updating or deleting a character by hand on paper tape was relatively easy particularly if it was for use with an optical rather than a mechanical reader. Inserting a character not so much unless you had immediate access to a TTY/teleprinter with a reader & punch available to copy and edit the original.

The young players think I'm some kind of deity on the odd rare occasions I appear to be able to encode & decode ASCII in my head. It was a skill we just picked up back then.

I still have my old hand punch, although I much preferred the perspex topped matrix one that we had - the same size as the 8 byte sticky black plastic repair patches (blank for editing or fully punched for repairing torn tapes), so you didn't have to move the tape so often.

On our development system (actually one of the target comms processors), we used to have to load in the bootstrap tape, then the assembler tape, then the source tape, print the listing and output the object code tape, boot in the linker tape and finally output the target hex tape and print the link map. An hour or so of effort, so patching was a vital skill. Simple byte level corrections were simple with the sticky patches but for significant edits we used to add a blank sticker and over-punch a jump out of line - (LDP 0 00, xxxx (absolute address) 70 00 xx xx irrc ) add the additional code to the end of the tape and then absolute jump back in line.

Hex code editing was a vital skill for productive use of time. Only when you had tested and confirmed (several) fixes would you commit the time to updating the source and re-assembling. Yes it does seem like archaic black magic today, but you had to be fluent in the opcodes and hex.

[xrunner]

It extracts soldering fumes. It also deals with the fumes from your wood burning hobby. Heck it's fun to do both together! 

[Cubdriver]

It extracts soldering fumes. It also deals with the fumes from your wood burning hobby. Heck it's fun to do both together! 

Damn - could the grip on that thing be a bit FURTHER away from the tip?!?  Holy unwieldy tools, Batman!

-Pat

[magic]

I'm more triggered by the way he kinks the cable.
I can feel the iron trying to rotate in my own hand, horrible.

[Ed.Kloonk]

It extracts soldering fumes. It also deals with the fumes from your wood burning hobby. Heck it's fun to do both together! 

Damn - could the grip on that thing be a bit FURTHER away from the tip?!?  Holy unwieldy tools, Batman!

-Pat

My 80 watter has a long snout like that. For heating up and joining 'big ones', there is no fine control at all. It's not about aim so much, it's more a gesture.   

Think welding rod.

[exe]

That wooden thing, is it an iron "stand"?

[Bud]

there is no fine control at all. It's not about aim so much, it's more a gesture.   

Think welding rod.

That together with the tip size - the guy certainly knows how to select a proper tool for the job 

[Ground_Loop]

That looks like my stained glass iron.

[vk6zgo]

Bring back paper tape. Human readable and editable!

Also great for 'Merry Christmas' streamers.

Updating or deleting a character by hand on paper tape was relatively easy particularly if it was for use with an optical rather than a mechanical reader. Inserting a character not so much unless you had immediate access to a TTY/teleprinter with a reader & punch available to copy and edit the original.

The young players think I'm some kind of deity on the odd rare occasions I appear to be able to encode & decode ASCII in my head. It was a skill we just picked up back then.

I knew a tech once who could read Baudot in his head.

[VK3DRB]

It extracts soldering fumes. It also deals with the fumes from your wood burning hobby. Heck it's fun to do both together! 

Damn - could the grip on that thing be a bit FURTHER away from the tip?!?  Holy unwieldy tools, Batman!

-Pat

He needs a JBC iron from Santa Claus for Christmas, but in the meantime... 

You better not shout,
You better not cry,
Your fingers - look out,
I'm telling you why,
The soldering iron is slipping,
Right now.

You're making a mess,
You're checking it twice,
You're gonna find out hot solder's not nice,
Whoever took the photo's a clown.

We know that you're a moron,
We know that you're a fake,
We know the wood is bullshit,
Can't fool us, for goodness sake.

[NiHaoMike]

Funny scene from a movie, those who know IT would see what's wrong right away.

[Ed.Kloonk]

Lenovo Latitude?

[Ian.M]

Using a 'Vero' style stripboard spot face cutter on Tri-pad board.   

Technically the right tool for the job, but in virtually all cases, the result isn't useful! 

[Black Phoenix]

Found this pearl in one of Taobao listings. No comments...

[m98]

Tektronix introducing their new, wireless oscilloscope.

[fourfathom]

Tektronix introducing their new, wireless oscilloscope.

Maybe he's zooming around on a previously-acquired signal?  Nah, probably not.

[m98]

The longer you look at the image, the weirder it gets. In addition to no probes, the scope neither has its battery back attached, nor is the power cable plugged in.

[Fungus]

The longer you look at the image, the weirder it gets. In addition to no probes, the scope neither has its battery back attached, nor is the power cable plugged in.

And it would be impossible to hold it in one hand like that.

Maybe he's zooming around on a previously-acquired signal?  Nah, probably not.

Watch Dave get confused trying to "use" one with no probes attached: 

[xrunner]

Doesn't look comfy.

[NiHaoMike]

I've seen pictures on Amazon being completely mismatched to the product descriptions quite a few times. Does that happen due to the database having an error and linking to the wrong files or does the seller get confused and uploaded the wrong files?