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  • [Off topic] Re: serial console

    From John Hasler@21:1/5 to Dan on Thu Jul 31 18:50:01 2025
    Dan writes:
    On the radio side (yet another too expensive hobby, BTW), it's the old
    farts going "why would you want to try building something when you can
    just buy a $20 radio that just mostly works?"

    As an older fart I recall it as younger "appliance operators" saying that.
    --
    John Hasler
    [email protected]
    Elmwood, WI USA

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  • From Michael Paoli@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Thu Jul 31 22:20:01 2025
    On Thu, Jul 31, 2025 at 10:32 AM Alain D D Williams <[email protected]> wrote:
    I do not know anyone who has direct knowledge of mercury delay line memory https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delay-line_memory

    I think my dad still does.
    I believe some of the first computers he used had mercury delay line memory. He's 90+ now ... and still programs.
    He got his very first hearing aid about a year ago ... and has quite a
    bit of fun going in and tinkering around with low level code in it,
    to be able to further customize it to get it to behave exactly as he likes.

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