Greg Mayman wrote in a message to Roy J. Tellason:

 -=> Roy J. Tellason said to Greg Mayman
 -=> about "HELLO THERE" on 05-03-04  04:06.....

 GM> Is this echo still alive?

 RJT> Seems like it's been asleep lately,  anyhow.

 GM> Yeah, sure looks like it. And it was so lively a while back 

Things change like that.  Might be the nicer weather we're having lately, 
too.  People aren't as inclined to sit indoors at their computers.

 RJT> There's a lot of stuff out there,  depends on what sort of thing
 RJT> you're looking for.  Let me know what kind of info you want,  and I'll
 RJT> see if I can't post a few links.

 GM> Circuit thumbnails, I suppose you'd call then. The kind of thing
 GM> you come across and jot down in your notebook for when you might
 GM> need one of them.

 GM> There was one site where had a lot of these circuits, usually using
 GM> one to four transistors or one or two ICs.

 GM> They were divided into categories, audio, video, RF, computer, and
 GM> so on.

There's a lot of sites like that.

 GM> Each circuit was illutrated with a GIF and a brief but good
 GM> description of how it worked.

 GM> One typical circuit I remember was an FM detector using an quad
 GM> open-collector (NAND? NOR?) gate chip, and about 8 passive
 GM> components. That gives you an idea of the kind of thing.

Now _that_ one sounds nifty,  and I don't think I've encountered it.

 GM> I had three or four such sites on my hotlist.

 GM> I can't remember for sure where I gathered them from, possibly from
 GM> an article in the now defunct Electronics Australia.
 GM> When I can dig out the old issues I've stored away, I'll have to
 GM> search through them.... where does all the spare time go???? 

Beats me,  but I was chatting with somebody online and we agreed that a
40-hour day is probably a good place to start.  :-)

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