[sdiy] Information Content of Signals

[Magnus Danielson]

From: Rainer Buchty <buchty at cs.tum.edu>
Subject: Re: [sdiy] Information Content of Signals
Date: Sat, 17 May 2003 21:32:53 +0200 (CEST)

> > 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).

Sinclair - it should be Sinclair and not the Zinclair! My mistake! Better bring
the correction myself this time! ;O)

> On the other hand, for some strange reason I get cold shivers whenever I see
> foil-based keypads.

Well... yes... ;O)

> > 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 :)

The low-voltage stuff we have today is sufficiently safe...

> > 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."

Indeed. I just need to ouhmp it up and put it on an antenna... ;O)

Cheers,
Magnus - with a radio-transmitted down the pocket - GSM phone they are called