[sdiy] Information Content of Signals

[Rainer Buchty]

> ZX81 - I never had any of those Zinclair boxes. I was grown up on a C64
> and then the PC entered the house. Would be fun to fiddle around with
> Zinclairs and the likes nowdays... ;O)

Still have 3 of them, but honestly haven't used them in years.

In some sense the Sinclairs were ahead of time (like syntax-check while
typing in, allowing input of formulas when using the INPUT command). On
the other hand, for some strange reason I get cold shivers whenever I see
foil-based keypads.

> Any real ham should try to acomplish the same thing in a tubes only
> solution ;O)

Tubes? Thank you... I once had a close encounter with 800V anode voltage
and decided that this is enough :)

> Magnus - no ham since I'm not much of a pig, so no call signal

A friend of mine puts it that way: "I don't need a license to transmit. My
home-brew electronics do this entirely on their own."

Rainer