Were the Good Old Days all that good?

[Magnus Danielson]

From: Haible Juergen <Juergen.Haible at nbgm.siemens.de>
Subject: RE: Were the Good Old Days all that good?
Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2000 13:52:58 +0200

> 	> Since I didn't have the correct ciruits, substitutes
> 	> were made (I only had maye 10 different
> 	> resistor values). 
> 
> Exactly !
> 
> I remember I ordered a bag of 1000 unsorted resistors from a company
> called Pollin Electronik (German list members may remember them),
> and then I would use whatever values I'd find in this surprise package.
> Open the bag, spread it out on the floor, select the resistors in groups.
> I had one drawer for each *decade*, i.e. one for 100R to 1k,
> one for 1k to 10k and so on. Hey what do you call that - "E1 series" ??
> 
> Ok, sorry for going into Neandertal Memories mode once more,
> but yes, those were the times. 

OoOOOOuuuhhhh!!!! All these early memories come back to me... I recall when
you took really good care of those 10% precission resistors you could lay your
hands on... what a dream to have a full E12 series!!!

> 	>$1344 on pc boards, and $1103 on wire). I *could* just take that
> $$$ and go
> 	>to visit JH in Europe. BUT...I 'plow'
> 
> Anyway, if you ever come near Nuernberg, make sure to drop in !

For those not knowing it, Nuernberg is a pretty nice town as far as I recall it
and now that Juergen lives there I am sure that I will be able to apprechiate
it even further... ;)

Hmm... I Wunder when zee next train ausgefaren...

Cheers,
Magnus (just back from Nice of all places)