Test Equipment Anonymous

I didn't know videotapes were also afflicted with sticky tape syndrome. In 1978 there was an (internal) BBC Christmas tape "White Powder Christmas" and next year was "Good King Memorex" both commemorating a tape problem. I did a little walkabout in the museum corridor at work, a...

They look so cute when they are sleeping. But then they wake up.

Is this said power supply?

You know what NTSC stood for?

"Never Twice the Same Color"

Some house sparrows have built a nest in a 2nd floor A/C unit and Harley hears all the commotion and it's driving him nuts. He wants those birdies.

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Spend much time sitting at a keypunch writing up test cases for MECL 10K array boards that were going into an interface tester for the under development 3081. The punched cards were inputted to an IBM 1130 computer. Results printed out on a 1403 chain printer. As I recall the 1130 had a massive 1ME...

Going through Berlin photos and remembered this one that tickled me. A painting of people debugging a Robotron 300, an IBM 1401 clone. The socialists knew how to do modern art. None of that abstract bollocks. Never did see a 1401 in the flesh. They were built and tested at the Endicott, NY facility...

That small brownish pile in front of that tall shrub is all that remains of all the snow piles from the January/February snows. In a few days that pile should be gone too. It originally covered that entire area to the lamp post and street sign and up to the curb. And was almost as tall as the shrub....

bd139 wrote: ↑Sat Mar 21, 2026 2:54 pm
Mine is currently helping a friend get rid of her friend's ex-husband's stuff so I'm good until tomorrow .

Can I send mine over to help? For some reason she's being a grumpy PITA today.

Going through Berlin photos and remembered this one that tickled me. A painting of people debugging a Robotron 300, an IBM 1401 clone. The socialists knew how to do modern art. None of that abstract bollocks. Never did see a 1401 in the flesh. They were built and tested at the Endicott, NY facility...

I will never buy an EV, hybrid, or any vehicle that relies upon connectivity to operate. I hope I'm dead before that choice is gone.

2004 Civic
2010 Accord
2013 CR-V

All gas. No ridiculous "start/stop". No required connectivity. No unreliable CVT. And best of all.....no car payment.

If I ever get the opportunity to travel to Europe again Deutschland will be number 1 destination.

I am slipping. I have not bought any TE since last Summer. Shame on me.

So far the "blizzard" here has been a non event. Yes, we have significant snow and some blowing but so far it's much less than the storm a month ago. Easily managed and dealt with. But not so in NYC, Long Island, and where Paul and Pat are located in Connecticut. I'm about 50 miles from th...

My location is now under a blizzard warning. The storm is projected to move further inland.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZY8-YiIk6Vw

Batten down the hatches.

This Winter is really getting to be a drag. After a week of above freezing temps and significant snow melt we are now under a Winter Storm Watch for Sunday into Monday for a potential of up to 8 inches of new snow. Spring can't come soon enough.

:lol: Time to add an extension or two? https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fi.pinimg.com%2F736x%2F4b%2F6e%2F92%2F4b6e92a90b3f831b3987a9941a201712.jpg&f=1&nofb=1&ipt=810596a0623b47699a514b8b78b432efa2609dd937f9ec58505d13a9fc641350 I think putting ANY vintage test g...

All of these snow scenes are very picturesque to look at but an absolute nightmare if you have to go out anywhere. I just hope that you have all the requirements in to last you for a few days until conditions improve and your heating and power behave themselves. So far this year, I have only had 1/...

All of sudden Harley has decided in the middle of night to raid all the loose articles on the lab bench and shelves and scatter them around as well as steal a few items. :o So he's upped his game from just stealing loose yellow BNC covers. I can't lock him out of the lab because his litter box is in...

A friend's cat. This is an evil bastard. It spent the entire evening nudging people off furniture that it clearly considered itself the owner of. Very cleverly it'd snuggle up behind them and then ratchet its way across the furniture slowly pressuring them into falling off :lol: IMG_2863_.jpeg And ...

Our ISP (Spectrum - Charter Communications) is a hot mess. Shortly after midnight Tuesday our internet went down. I get a txt stating that expected service restoration would be 9:30 AM. Later get another txt stating it would be 12:30 PM. Then 2:30 PM, then 4:00 PM. At 3:00 PM I get a txt stating ser...

Tuesday update. It's taken until today to get our complex totally dug out. The 18 year Kubota tractor broke down and they had to get an outside firm with a track loader to finish up. The piles of snow are enormous. The track loader was much more efficient at moving the snow anyway. There are rumors ...