Crap GadgetsWe wanted a monkey butler and bought one off eBay. Imagine our surprise when we found it was just an ordinary monkey with rabies. Worse: It had no butler training at all. Tell us about your duff technology purchases.
Thanks to Moonbadger for the suggestion
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Scaryduck LIKES EGG, Thu 29 Sep 2011, 12:51)
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eeee the catalogs!I'm sure i've still got 2 or 3 from the early 90's when i worked there... semiconductors was a NIGHTMARE of a section!
NE 555 timers... them were the days!
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Yeah, I should have laminated mineTo easier wipe away the drool, whilst looking at all the things the school was to underfunded to afford (like solder and LEDs for CDT projects).
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there was a certain Op Amp snobbery if I recall...of COURSE a 741 will do the job but you gotta use an LM320N for current delivery , or an NE5532 for DC offset adjustment or a Signetics OP-07 for clarity preference...
Hang on Barry, you're making a comparator circuit for a front door bell chime, why do you need an instrument grade £7 device?
Because I do.
Oh Ok. Shit, it's on A-Tray. Order from head office via mail?
Grumble.... just gimme the 741.
repeat every working day for 2 years......
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Rotating Wobbly Hat That's not a banana. THIS is a banana., Wed 5 Oct 2011, 21:21,
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