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Electronics-Themed
Comics
November & December 1961 Radio-Electronics
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November 1961 Radio-Electronics  [Table of Contents]
Wax nostalgic about and learn from the history of early electronics. See articles from Radio-Electronics, published 1930-1988. All copyrights hereby acknowledged. |
It has been a couple weeks since I last posted any of the electronics-themed comics which frequently appeared in the vintage trade magazines. This sextet of comics came from the November and December 1961 issues of Radio-Electronics. I particularly like the first one from page 99. It depicts a great The Three Stooges type scenario. The comic from page 107 was ahead of its time in prognosticating electronic one-armed bandit machines. You would need to be familiar with the days of CRT televisions and the picture alignment process to fully appreciate the one on page 108. Anyway, feel free to include any of these or the hundreds of others linked at the bottom of the page in your next live presentation. They're a great segue into your next spiel on project progress (or lack thereof) or design techniques.
Electronics-Themed Comics
This note regarding the comic to the left came in from RF Cafe visitor Joseph B.:
The following radio comic brought back some memories. Back in
the 1980's, I worked for Westinghouse on nuclear plant training simulators.
These were an exact duplicate of a plant's control board - massive, massive with
lots of switches, lights, and meters, etc. The computer(s) were Gould
mini-computers and the 10 to 20 Meg (yes, Meg) disk drives were the size of
dishwashers. Programming was done via "glass teletypes†", and the
instructors/
† Slang name for a CRT being used in place of a paper teletype device.
"Nothing serious, lady--I'll be out of here in a jiffy."
Page 99, November 1961 "
"Say, about that digital voltmeter you sent me."
Page 107,
November 1961 "
"Perfect, Mark, Perfect!"
Page 108, November 1961
"The green wire's the ground, the red goes to the speaker,
and I usually ignore the white one."
Page 133, November 1961
You've been here only an hour and you want to resign already?
Page 140, November 1961
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December 1961 Radio-Electronics  [Table of Contents]
Wax nostalgic about and learn from the history of early electronics. See articles from Radio-Electronics, published 1930-1988. All copyrights hereby acknowledged. |
Uhm - Don't you think that's overdoing it just a bit?
Page
35, December 1961
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