[sdiy] Re: S[DIY} frequency counter

[Magnus Danielson]

Harry Bissell wrote:
> Make your own transistors ??? When I was a kid we had to mine copper ore
> from the hills with our bare hands, smelt it over a charcoal fire, then draw the wire out
> with our teeth...

You had a copper ore?

We had to bang rocks against each other and hope some metal of any kind 
would eventually show itself.

> (who remembers that thread ??? :^)

(it always re-appear with some infrequent period on technical lists)

Cheers,
Magnus