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Re:Reverse-engineering the waveform generator in a 1969 brea... by bragr on Wednesday March 09, 2022 @02:55PM (#30619206)
I love the hand hewn charm of these old boards. Now even homemade boards are designed in software so everything is very straight and regular, but with old boards you can tell everything was done by hand from the design to the layout to the assembly. Don't get me wrong, it's great that you can cad something up, send the files off, and get perfect boards in 2 days, but these old boards are the electronic equivalent to a charming, rustic, cabin in the woods.
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Re:Reverse-engineering the waveform generator in a 1969 brea... by thecloud on Wednesday March 09, 2022 @05:24PM (#30620789)
If you buy a guitar pedal from a small-ish boutique company, you might just get a little box with a lot of charm that you can open up and peek at some beautiful hand assembled/soldered circuits :)
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Re:Reverse-engineering the waveform generator in a 1969 brea... by Gigachad on Wednesday March 09, 2022 @10:31PM (#30622954)
It's the only way they can justify charging $400 for $10 worth of electronics.
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