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May 1962 Radio-Electronics
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Wax nostalgic about and learn from the history of early electronics.
See articles from Radio-Electronics,
published 1930-1988. All copyrights hereby acknowledged.
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Having been born sometime
before around 1970 will make it much more likely that you will be familiar with
the scenarios depicted in these three electronics-themed comics. They appeared
in a 1962 issue of Radio-Electronics magazine (I colorized them). The
comic from page 72 can be applied to to modern day situations where an owner
calls in a repairman after he tinkers around trying to save some money on a
service call, and makes things worse than they were to begin with, then trying
to BS the serviceman into believing he hasn't monkeyed with it. The page 96
comic is a guy thing - which used to be allowed before tender feeling were
offended by such things. The last one brings back memories of being in the local
convenience store with my father as he is checking the vacuum tubes from our TV
or radio set. His troubleshooting MO (modus operandi), not
knowing anything about electronics, was to pull every tube in the set and test
it. It usually fixed the problem.
Electronics-Themed Comics
"Oh, no, I wouldn't dream of tampering with our set!"
Page
72
"Forget the 120-cycle ripple, Sam. She's doing the twist."
Page 96
"Are you sure this ain't fixed?"
Page 102
Posted June 12, 2024
These Technically-Themed Comics Appeared in Vintage Electronics Magazines. I
personally scanned and posted every one from copies I own (and even colorized some).
272 pages as of 12/16/2025.
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